The Aviator's Wife by Melanie BenjaminTemple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors
Historical Fiction 2013
385 books — 2,104 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset by Suzanne CollinsLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowMistborn Trilogy Boxed Set by Brandon SandersonSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
S&L Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles
1,703 books — 2,174 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachEnder's Game by Orson Scott CardDracula the Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker
Most Over Hyped and Annoying Books Ever
568 books — 603 voters
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie WillisThe Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreThe Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia PolaccoJacob's Gift by Max LucadoHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
842 books — 725 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonBeloved by Toni MorrisonBlindness by José Saramago
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,240 books — 3,905 voters

A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories by Ray BradburyDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainSomewhere In Time by Richard Matheson
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,954 books — 5,240 voters

The Geography of Love by Glenda BurgessThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Best Love Stories
5,167 books — 9,629 voters
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsOld Yeller by Fred GipsonLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayBeloved by Toni Morrison
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,272 voters

Little Brother by Cory DoctorowBeloved by Toni MorrisonBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany BakerAl Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,759 books — 16,502 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe World According to Garp by John IrvingWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesStorm Front by Jim  Butcher
Best Male Character
3,165 books — 2,931 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanGood Omens by Terry PratchettWar for the Oaks by Emma BullSomeplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,403 books — 12,550 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBeloved by Toni MorrisonGilead by Marilynne RobinsonThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 952 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Stand by Stephen  KingAnansi Boys by Neil GaimanLord of the Flies by William Golding
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,295 books — 10,048 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Golden Age & New Wave SF
270 books — 207 voters

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCannNaamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Books for 2009
580 books — 2,398 voters
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin GrossmanAvempartha by Michael J. SullivanThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldPoison Study by Maria V. SnyderThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Best Book Cover Art
12,381 books — 7,091 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. SullivanTales Before Tolkien by Douglas A. AndersonAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Favorites of the Fantasy Book Club
812 books — 1,732 voters
Insufficient Mating Material by Rowena Cherry
Best Sci-Fi/Futuristic Romance
1,439 books — 1,395 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonStorm Front by Jim  ButcherDune by Frank HerbertNeverwhere by Neil GaimanDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Old SciFi and Fantasy Book Club List
147 books — 210 voters
Son of a Witch by Gregory MaguireStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters

Little Brother by Cory DoctorowThe Geography of Love by Glenda Burgess
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettSoon I Will Be Invincible by Austin GrossmanBellwether by Connie WillisThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Best Humorous Books
4,309 books — 7,858 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodDown and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory DoctorowFeed by M.T. AndersonThe Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Dystopia!
1,218 books — 2,752 voters
Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Difference Engine by William GibsonCrystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell
Best Steampunk Books
1,243 books — 4,094 voters



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