Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeStardust by Neil GaimanThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternA Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Favorite Standalone Fantasy Novels
135 books — 142 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleKatherine by Anya Seton
Best Female Lead Characters
4,867 books — 5,913 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
1001 Books I Have Already Read
523 books — 459 voters
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk CrossKatherine by Anya SetonThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Historical Fiction
7,482 books — 25,673 voters

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary KinderThunderhead by Douglas PrestonAmazonia by James RollinsRiptide - Mörderische Flut by Douglas PrestonCirklens Ende by Tom Egeland
Treasure Hunter Thrillers
429 books — 849 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Disappointing Books
2,730 books — 4,599 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenMio, My Son by Astrid LindgrenThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Swedish authors
352 books — 117 voters
The Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieShantaram by Gregory David Roberts
India
1,027 books — 876 voters

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinSnuff by Terry PratchettCatherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
Best Books of 2011
2,668 books — 6,701 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambDeception Point by Dan    BrownThe Lost Symbol by Dan    BrownMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Books I wish I had never read
1,278 books — 1,344 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonHogfather by Terry PratchettGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussGoing Postal by Terry Pratchett
Books that Make you Laugh
3,503 books — 5,082 voters
The Third Chimpanzee by Jared DiamondCollapse by Jared DiamondKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlNext of Kin by Roger FoutsThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 271 voters

Deception Point by Dan    BrownHothouse Flower by Lucinda RileyOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonInte ens det förflutna by Anna Jansson
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,872 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAnimal Farm by George OrwellWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Ever
76,897 books — 286,171 voters