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Watership Down by Richard Adams
Best Animal Books in Fantasy
290 books — 505 voters
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
63 books — 489 voters

Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Best of Peter Straub
13 books — 19 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Best Stephen King books
50 books — 84 voters

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithThe Godfather by Mario PuzoJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters
The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour M. Hersh
Politics
516 books — 641 voters

Alex–The Life of a Child by Frank Deford
Heartbreaking Memoirs
79 books — 80 voters
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,626 books — 1,552 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Rooting for the Bad Guy
686 books — 1,480 voters
Miles to Go by Miley Cyrus
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,640 books — 5,990 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,951 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerMisery by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,272 books — 2,437 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneMystic River by Dennis LehaneA Cruel Madness by Colin Thubron
Books With Twist Endings
107 books — 83 voters
If I Did It by O.J. Simpson
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,042 books — 5,316 voters

The Shining by Stephen King
Thrillers
4,983 books — 6,534 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,684 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,532 books — 3,029 voters
The Killing fields by Sydney SchanbergAll the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best Books by Journalists
293 books — 109 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,658 voters
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,998 books — 10,921 voters

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
2,704 books — 3,980 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Great Debut Novels
1,604 books — 1,494 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,065 voters
The Shoemaker by Flora Rheta SchreiberDeranged by Harold Schechter
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,670 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,876 books — 49,843 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
78,988 books — 294,114 voters