1984 by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBlindness by José Saramago
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,276 books — 11,719 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best British and Irish Literature
1,182 books — 1,115 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham   Verghese
Beautiful Books for Summer 2009
84 books — 75 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham   Verghese
Best Books of 2009
1,773 books — 6,932 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingEnder's Saga by Orson Scott Card
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
673 books — 1,510 voters
Remembering Bix by Ralph BertonDance Of The Infidels by Francis PaudrasBird Lives! by Ross RussellThe Beatles by Bob SpitzWishing on the Moon by Donald Clarke
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,518 books — 1,448 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleWatership Down by Richard  Adams
What Book Got You Hooked?
4,017 books — 11,001 voters
The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr by Reduced Shakespeare CompanyThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerBeloved by Toni MorrisonWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Ever
79,606 books — 296,608 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwan
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,122 books — 10,100 voters
The Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerWuthering Heights, Agnès Grey & Villette by Emily BrontëTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Must Read Classics
1,890 books — 4,761 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,417 books — 8,212 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,692 books — 18,125 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
8,271 books — 27,238 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudEpileptic by David B.
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,243 books — 2,031 voters

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallThe Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
Best Books of 2007
1,124 books — 999 voters
Epileptic by David B.Skyscrapers of the Midwest by Joshua W. CotterWatchmen by Alan MooreFun Home by Alison BechdelBatman by Frank Miller
Best Graphic Novels
3,518 books — 6,823 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresCutting for Stone by Abraham   Verghese
Favorite Books
15,118 books — 10,785 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Southern Literature
1,415 books — 2,695 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Road by Cormac McCarthyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,671 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddOne Matchless Time by Jay PariniAhab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund
Best Book Cover Art
12,389 books — 7,091 voters