Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyMy Abandonment by Peter Rock
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The Giver by Lois LowryThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best YA Books Ever
549 books — 531 voters

Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman CapoteA Christmas Memory by Truman CapoteThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
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1,342 books — 2,574 voters
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Best Existential Fiction
449 books — 767 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Shack by William Paul Young
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,225 voters
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Collections of Short Stories
2,894 books — 2,039 voters

The Shack by William Paul Young
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters
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Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 479 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,062 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Children's Books
5,309 books — 6,704 voters
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,605 voters

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,437 books — 8,414 voters
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Native American Fiction
837 books — 639 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,991 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Young Adult Books
13,124 books — 80,172 voters