Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Taboo Reads
1,776 books — 2,639 voters
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Time Loops
138 books — 122 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
9,829 books — 22,008 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthySharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Dark Literature
271 books — 175 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
7,318 books — 15,621 voters
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Illicit Love
483 books — 335 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
1,862 books — 4,657 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
14,771 books — 18,640 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
924 books — 2,376 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 — 5,845 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
3,214 books — 11,334 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
31,701 books — 120,592 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
7,899 books — 49,786 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
76,544 books — 284,744 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
1,574 books — 2,472 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
7,186 books — 28,367 voters