Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Taboo Reads
1,779 books — 2,644 voters
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Time Loops
140 books — 123 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,856 books — 22,184 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthySharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Dark Literature
272 books — 177 voters

Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyIn the Woods by Tana FrenchGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,972 voters
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Illicit Love
485 books — 336 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Must Read Classics
1,857 books — 4,679 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best for Book Clubs
15,113 books — 19,086 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
928 books — 2,382 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,856 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodIt by Stephen  KingFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,250 books — 11,563 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,076 books — 121,884 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,792 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Best Books Ever
77,177 books — 287,648 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
It's Over... Life as We Knew It
59 books — 80 voters

Room by Emma Donoghue
Not the Booker Prize 2010
86 books — 179 voters
Room by Emma Donoghue
Best Books of 2010
1,576 books — 2,471 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyIn the Woods by Tana French
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,366 voters