Daughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,461 books — 18,215 voters
The Girl and the Moon by Mark  Lawrence
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2022
543 books — 1,410 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleHyperion by Dan SimmonsA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,380 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownTwilight by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
Everyone's Read It But Me
802 books — 4,327 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,604 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisWatership Down by Richard  Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,808 books — 49,783 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,558 books — 120,192 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,872 voters

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Best Books For Very Young Children
162 books — 110 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Classics Ever Written
481 books — 281 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Crucible by Arthur Miller1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
340 books — 470 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLife of Pi by Yann MartelAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters

Sophie’s Choice by William StyronTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of Your Lifetime
531 books — 170 voters
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls WilderJo's Boys by Louisa May AlcottThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters

Anne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of Avonlea by L.M. MontgomeryThe Armourer's House by Rosemary SutcliffA Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley
Best Children's Historical Fiction
827 books — 829 voters
Depression by Edward T. WelchThe Practice of the Presence of God by Brother LawrenceWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Books I will, God willing, read in 2012
110 books — 25 voters

Hinds' Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
Best Christian books
594 books — 322 voters