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Inamorata by Joseph GangemiKick Me by Paul FeigSuperstud by Paul FeigLove Is a Mix Tape by Rob SheffieldKing Dork by Frank Portman
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,373 voters
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly ClearySuperfudge by Judy BlumeThe Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly ClearyHow Spider Saved Valentine's Day by Robert KrausWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,998 books — 10,921 voters

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Books that are being made into movies 2009
28 books — 71 voters
High Fidelity by Nick HornbyAbout a Boy by Nick HornbyTwelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
582 books — 480 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Classics Library
634 books — 524 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Best Required Reading
35 books — 20 voters

A Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Boarding School Stories
998 books — 1,162 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books on the Worst Books of All Time List That I Love
267 books — 889 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelMy Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
Food-Related Fiction
1,206 books — 627 voters
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Substance Abuse & Addiction
723 books — 1,323 voters

How to Be Good by Nick HornbyOne Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box by Dave EggersPieces by Stephen ChboskyThe Bridge Across Forever by Richard BachIndependence Day by Richard Ford
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,663 voters
The Wanting Seed by Anthony BurgessA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian Books
538 books — 1,095 voters

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
Memoirs by Women
3,383 books — 3,611 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
525 books — 2,313 voters

Kick Me by Paul FeigSuperstud by Paul FeigRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsDry by Augusten Burroughs
Memoirs by Men
1,804 books — 730 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessA Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
378 books — 415 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,838 books — 124,635 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Thickest Books Ever
892 books — 2,488 voters

Inamorata by Joseph GangemiRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyKick Me by Paul FeigSuperstud by Paul Feig
Light but not (too) dumb
857 books — 843 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousHamlet by William ShakespeareGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
464 books — 1,589 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëKick Me by Paul FeigThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Books Ever
78,959 books — 294,030 voters
Thumbsucker by Walter Kirn
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,684 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Bridge Across Forever by Richard BachThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHow to Be Good by Nick Hornby
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,898 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters