The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2011: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1,801 books — 440 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNight by Elie WieselI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,853 books — 121,127 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckLife of Pi by Yann Martel
If I Were Stranded On a Desert Island...
1,203 books — 431 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenLife of Pi by Yann MartelMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,372 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantRoots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
7,448 books — 25,643 voters

Roots by Alex Haley
Books about American slavery
404 books — 403 voters
Roots by Alex HaleyI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
613 books — 1,635 voters
Roots by Alex HaleyI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambThe Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,997 voters

The Hour I First Believed by Wally LambAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
What To Read Next
20,578 books — 24,423 voters
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,778 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books Ever
76,794 books — 285,788 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,243 books — 69,043 voters

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Disappointing Books
2,731 books — 4,600 voters