To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Best Young Adult Books
13,139 books — 80,217 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverWatership Down by Richard  Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters

The Russländer by Sandra BirdsellSweetness in the Belly by Camilla GibbThe Other Side of the Bridge by Mary LawsonCrow Lake by Mary LawsonFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Oh, Canada!
1,337 books — 504 voters
Through Black Spruce by Joseph BoydenRoom by Emma Donoghue
Canada Reads 2011 - Top 40 Novels
40 books — 125 voters

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack LondonThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Great "Dog" Books
1,337 books — 1,935 voters

The Russländer by Sandra Birdsell
Books by Mennonites
43 books — 18 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckBeyond the Horizon by Colin AngusLost in Mongolia by Colin Angus
Have Passport Will Travel
710 books — 589 voters

Travels with Charley by John SteinbeckInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerHoneymoon in Purdah by Alison Wearing
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 voters
Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina KhadraA Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts by Christiane BirdThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books Set in the -stan Countries
333 books — 172 voters

A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts by Christiane BirdThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
TREKKING THE 'STANS
85 books — 59 voters
1984 by George OrwellMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,286 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakSiddhartha by Hermann HesseDeafening by Frances Itani
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,676 books — 3,606 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Best History Books
3,738 books — 3,770 voters

Salt by Mark Kurlansky
History as Literature
732 books — 536 voters
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Histories of the Everyday
371 books — 340 voters

The House of Blue Mangoes by David DavidarA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistrySiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
India
1,025 books — 868 voters

The Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,011 books — 1,453 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,848 books — 121,082 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,372 voters
Family Matters by Rohinton MistryRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsSalt by Mark Kurlansky
Best Books of 2002
685 books — 242 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Gothic Books of All Time
594 books — 3,513 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,097 voters