Prey by Michael CrichtonRelic by Douglas Preston
Best Technothrillers Ever
712 books — 1,044 voters
Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesThe Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
If You Like Mad Men . . .
63 books — 90 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Without Sequels
729 books — 367 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 727 voters
The Ruins by Scott        Smith
Scariest books of all time
640 books — 735 voters

You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia PhillipsJust Desserts by Jerry OppenheimerMommie Dearest by Christina CrawfordAva by Ava Gardner
Celebrity Biography
942 books — 330 voters
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Best of Amish Fiction
508 books — 457 voters

The Shining by Stephen  KingThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,884 voters
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeWatchmen by Alan             MooreMisery by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,432 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
BILDUNGSROMAN
96 books — 34 voters
Bright Shiny Morning by James FreyPostcards from the Edge by Carrie FisherGet Shorty by Elmore LeonardPlay It As It Lays by Joan DidionLess Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
323 books — 290 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,715 books — 3,655 voters
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Most Deserving Newbery
113 books — 2,996 voters

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Literary Mysteries
2,597 books — 4,691 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,792 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Books in/about Hidden Places
130 books — 36 voters
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
2011 Tournament of Books
16 books — 117 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeSuperfudge by Judy BlumeBunnicula by Deborah Howe
Favorite books from my childhood
4,438 books — 7,450 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,556 books — 24,997 voters

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of 2010
1,576 books — 2,471 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,969 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,591 books — 25,881 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
907 books — 1,255 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisPlay It As It Lays by Joan Didion
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,717 voters

The Ruins by Scott        Smith
SCARIEST BOOK I EVER READ
252 books — 263 voters