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
7,185 books — 28,367 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?
3,919 books — 10,708 voters

High Fidelity by Nick HornbyAbout a Boy by Nick HornbyTwelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 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
635 books — 523 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
969 books — 1,215 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelMy Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
Food-Related Fiction
902 books — 603 voters
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Substance Abuse & Addiction
718 books — 1,317 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
2,733 books — 4,602 voters
The Wanting Seed by Anthony BurgessA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian Books
529 books — 1,054 voters

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
Memoirs by Women
3,148 books — 3,099 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
515 books — 2,287 voters

Kick Me by Paul FeigSuperstud by Paul FeigRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsDry by Augusten Burroughs
Memoirs by Men
1,756 books — 673 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessA Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
377 books — 411 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,188 books — 122,628 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,486 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
850 books — 840 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
77,361 books — 288,678 voters
Thumbsucker by Walter Kirn
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,578 books — 18,686 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
8,095 books — 19,875 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
7,889 books — 49,797 voters