The Chrysalids by John WyndhamThe Pigman by Paul ZindelThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Forgotten books
36 books — 4 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,496 books — 2,590 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingMatilda by Roald DahlThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,212 books — 1,580 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryHogfather by Terry PratchettSkipping Christmas by John Grisham
Best Reads of the Holiday Season
5,497 books — 1,468 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Best Series
3,542 books — 9,613 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferOut of Africa by Isak DinesenAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,177 books — 1,907 voters

All Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James HerriotThe Lord God Made Them All by James HerriotAll Things Wise and Wonderful by James HerriotEvery Living Thing by James Herriot
Animal Memoirs
398 books — 225 voters
Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Divine Comedy I by Dante AlighieriLeonardo da Vinci by Leonardo da Vinci
The Italian Renaissance
290 books — 179 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Best Renaissance Literature
61 books — 7 voters
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas AdamsEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussIt by Stephen  KingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Odd Titles
471 books — 157 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas AdamsMostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
Do Not Read Book List
334 books — 61 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Magical Creatures
1,580 books — 861 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Last Olympian by Rick RiordanThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Titan’s Curse by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Oh My Gods & Goddesses
367 books — 866 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Arabian Nights by AnonymousInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingDracula by Bram Stoker
Myths & Mythological Creature Books
410 books — 152 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Last Olympian by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick RiordanThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
Modern Adaptations of Greek Mythology
371 books — 546 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Historical Fiction set in Europe
232 books — 68 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireDorothy Must Die by Danielle  PaigeMirror Mirror by Gregory MaguireConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireSon of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
Fairy tales & Retellings
714 books — 496 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHoles by Louis SacharCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best Books for Reluctant Readers
2,641 books — 2,766 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorLight in August by William FaulknerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Southern Gothic Literature
343 books — 509 voters



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