The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,211 books — 25,805 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books Ever
76,544 books — 284,745 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best for Book Clubs
14,771 books — 18,642 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,829 books — 22,008 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,186 books — 28,367 voters
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownHoles by Louis Sachar
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,701 books — 120,594 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters

Matterhorn by Karl MarlantesCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Iliad by HomerLes Misérables by Victor HugoSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best War Novels
1,680 books — 1,422 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Cult Classics
1,568 books — 2,119 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,083 books — 11,741 voters