To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,954 books — 125,093 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
9,048 books — 6,852 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Favorite Fiction
595 books — 348 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books That Have Made An Impression
4,232 books — 2,721 voters

The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,034 books — 2,655 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneShōgun by James Clavell
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,967 books — 4,181 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLes Misérables by Victor HugoEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Books Ever
79,437 books — 296,168 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,251 books — 11,542 voters
The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, Griot and the ... by Doris LessingThe Sweetest Dream by Doris LessingBen, In the World by Doris LessingBriefing for a Descent Into Hell by Doris LessingThe Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing
Just Excellent Books
135 books — 7 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonCalvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,885 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLes Misérables by Victor HugoEmma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,744 books — 6,934 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesGoing After Cacciato by Tim O'BrienThe 13th Valley by John M. Del VecchioThe Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
345 books — 654 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordThe Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,815 books — 3,307 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettShōgun by James ClavellThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelWorld Without End by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
8,248 books — 27,174 voters
1776 by David McCulloughThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best History Books
4,102 books — 4,694 voters

Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Best American History Books
2,301 books — 3,120 voters