Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 22,160 voters
The Hammer of Thor by Rick RiordanThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Best Books of 2016
1,829 books — 2,779 voters

It Starts with Food by Dallas Hartwig
Best Diet Books
188 books — 269 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWorld Without End by Ken FollettCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best Historical Fiction
7,572 books — 25,841 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,888 books — 10,617 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,996 voters

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonIn Her Shoes by Jennifer WeinerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,974 voters
She's Come Undone by Wally LambThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn MitchardI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambWhere the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Oprah's Book Club
80 books — 31 voters

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Best Dysfunctional Family Novels
178 books — 100 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4 Star Historical Fiction
303 books — 115 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Lincoln Lawyer by Michael    ConnellyWater for Elephants by Sara GruenHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
best adaptations of 2011
23 books — 6 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Chick Lit for the Beach
1,387 books — 1,786 voters

Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,947 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonWorld Without End by Ken Follett
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters