This is Going to Hurt by Adam KayThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Books for Medical Students
407 books — 579 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,085 books — 975 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMatilda by Roald DahlTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Stories For Book Lovers
8,407 books — 8,484 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Historical Fiction
7,478 books — 25,671 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
531 books — 726 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best for Book Clubs
14,991 books — 18,860 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George OrwellThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,081 books — 5,765 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,313 books — 4,563 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanFables, Vol. 1 by Bill WillinghamY by Brian K. VaughanThe Unwritten, Vol. 1 by Mike Carey
Supernatural (Not Superhero) Comics
151 books — 107 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Heart Goes Last by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodCat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
Best of Margaret Atwood
105 books — 252 voters
Blow-Up and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar
Short stories in English translation
31 books — 14 voters

The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
3,452 books — 6,771 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Government in Fiction
193 books — 56 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 1,992 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens1984 by George OrwellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,584 books — 17,913 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,842 books — 3,605 voters

Hopscotch by Julio CortázarThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis BorgesFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresThe Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory by Jorge Luis Borges
Latin American Fiction
868 books — 1,163 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,996 voters

A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir ShalevMy Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner by Meir ShalevTo the End of the Land by David GrossmanA Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
Best Israeli Reads
128 books — 98 voters
Hopscotch by Julio CortázarFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters