The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
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1,767 books — 1,079 voters
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236 books — 89 voters

The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-ReverteThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Secret History by Donna TarttIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Likeness by Tana French
Best Literary Mysteries
2,644 books — 4,790 voters
A Poet's Guide to Poetry by Mary KinzieOn Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottHow Fiction Works by James  WoodWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Writing Books for Writers
161 books — 123 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,788 books — 18,382 voters
Wild by Cheryl StrayedInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerWanderlust by Rebecca SolnitA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWalking by Henry David Thoreau
First One Foot
13 books — 7 voters

Falling Man by Don DeLilloExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
After the Towers Fell
6 books — 5 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanLord of the Flies by William GoldingNeverwhere by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Quality Dark Fiction
2,601 books — 3,375 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckWhere I Was From by Joan DidionA Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon WinchesterThe Wild Trees by Richard   Preston
Best California Books
437 books — 217 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHamlet by William ShakespeareGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Books you have read more than one time
13,046 books — 8,089 voters
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Humorous Paranormal Books
1,463 books — 2,068 voters