Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
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994 books — 817 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettAmerica (The Book) by Jon   StewartI Am America by Stephen ColbertEqual Rites by Terry Pratchett
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,050 voters
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Detective Fiction
1,187 books — 1,082 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,433 books — 10,174 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
814 books — 1,055 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienEmma by Jane AustenThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best 10 Books That You've Read
822 books — 469 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
1,222 books — 1,703 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Book Titles
11,486 books — 7,890 voters

All Things Bright and Beautiful by James HerriotAll Things Wise and Wonderful by James HerriotThe Lord God Made Them All by James HerriotJames Herriot's Cat Stories by James Herriot
Best Books About Animals
1,842 books — 1,853 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,461 books — 7,947 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittStumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,246 books — 4,425 voters
Stiff by Mary Roach
Feet!
518 books — 310 voters

Emma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
With Their Backs to the Reader
953 books — 222 voters
Kidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonTreasure Island by Fiona MacdonaldThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasShōgun by James Clavell
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,658 books — 3,593 voters

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasShōgun by James ClavellGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Best Historical Fiction
7,413 books — 25,596 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Books I Regret Reading
2,301 books — 3,226 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserSkinny Bitch by Rory FreedmanFrench Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,227 books — 1,636 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,921 books — 1,760 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters