The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
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15,129 books — 16,766 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,336 books — 15,775 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,855 books — 6,791 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,925 books — 121,242 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,706 books — 14,256 voters