My Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
The Best Mood-Boosting Books
126 books — 11 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,573 voters

The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise BauerDumbing Us Down by John Taylor GattoHow to Read a Book by Mortimer J. AdlerA Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMilleThe Original Homeschooling Series by Charlotte M. Mason
Best Homeschooling Books
319 books — 383 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Twins and Doppelgangers
161 books — 102 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Best War Novels
1,700 books — 1,449 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,070 books — 6,741 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,489 books — 5,293 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,734 books — 18,233 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Books I Regret Reading
2,299 books — 3,225 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanDumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,263 books — 8,067 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLes Misérables by Victor HugoAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,997 voters
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Burton RaffelThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Discarded Image by C.S. Lewis
Best Middle Ages Books
1,241 books — 1,726 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Worst Books of All Time
8,095 books — 19,875 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,904 books — 26,171 voters