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
7,187 books — 28,370 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?
3,853 books — 10,559 voters

High Fidelity by Nick HornbyAbout a Boy by Nick HornbyTwelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 479 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 — 522 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
966 books — 1,020 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelMy Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
Food-Related Fiction
898 books — 603 voters
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Substance Abuse & Addiction
716 books — 1,316 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
2,732 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
523 books — 1,033 voters

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
Memoirs by Women
3,048 books — 3,077 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
513 books — 2,281 voters

Kick Me by Paul FeigSuperstud by Paul FeigRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsDry by Augusten Burroughs
Memoirs by Men
1,714 books — 676 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessA Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
377 books — 412 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,816 books — 120,959 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 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
848 books — 839 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
76,726 books — 285,418 voters
Thumbsucker by Walter Kirn
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 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
8,096 books — 19,874 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
7,899 books — 49,788 voters