The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Stand by Stephen  King
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne SeierstadThe Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,948 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverSurvivor by Chuck PalahniukTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books Ever
76,126 books — 283,045 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,689 voters