The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Books Containing Dangerous Ideas
160 books — 110 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
British Wit and Humour
562 books — 307 voters

Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Oprah's Book Club Picks
128 books — 2,204 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Best Graphic Novels
3,459 books — 6,778 voters

A Monster Calls by Patrick NessMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Best (YA) Books with Pictures
60 books — 19 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Now That's What I Call A Good Read
314 books — 86 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Epic Space Opera
54 books — 56 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Stories For Book Lovers
8,447 books — 8,642 voters

Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,331 books — 4,619 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas LlosaThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Latin American Lit (In Translation)
106 books — 49 voters
The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas LlosaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Historical Fiction set in Latin America
162 books — 134 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best American Civil War Books
1,018 books — 1,003 voters
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
779 books — 1,307 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Best Books About Tudor England
625 books — 1,650 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best History Books
3,879 books — 3,923 voters
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAssassination Vacation by Sarah VowellSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Best Humorous Books
4,393 books — 8,022 voters

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Best American History Books
2,202 books — 2,585 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFoundation by Isaac AsimovBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Science Fiction
3,797 books — 7,401 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,257 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteFoundation by Isaac AsimovFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,512 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,775 voters
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,885 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttLegend by Marie Lu
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,719 books — 14,315 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,256 books — 2,434 voters


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