A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,249 books — 11,557 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Books that make you think.
1,131 books — 1,117 voters

Maus I by Art Spiegelman
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,937 books — 6,471 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,953 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Last Olympian by Rick RiordanThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick RiordanThe Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
Best Fantasy that is Really Fantasy
332 books — 285 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,487 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,995 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books Ever
77,133 books — 287,333 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,690 books — 12,190 voters