Sisterhood Is Powerful by Robin MorganTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieQuiet by Susan CainThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanCaste by Isabel WilkersonThe Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,205 books — 951 voters

The Year of Less by Cait FlandersVoluntary Simplicity by Duane ElginYour Money or Your Life by Joe DominguezGift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Voluntary Simplicity
31 books — 20 voters
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelDoomsday Book by Connie WillisA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Giver by Lois LowryFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,989 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,480 books — 119,897 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCloud Atlas by David  MitchellPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters
Roots by Alex HaleyCold Mountain by Charles FrazierYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Best Historical Fiction
7,391 books — 25,576 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Thread of Grace by Mary Doria RussellThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
World War II Literature
277 books — 187 voters