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The Arcanum by Janet Gleeson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,862 books — 2,218 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBlindness by José Saramago
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,184 books — 11,148 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 — 1,110 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Beautiful Books for Summer 2009
84 books — 76 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,577 books — 13,107 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
678 books — 1,502 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
1,415 books — 1,333 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?
3,826 books — 10,307 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
75,377 books — 279,964 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwan
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,106 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
1,853 books — 4,622 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,221 books — 8,061 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,549 books — 16,144 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
7,274 books — 25,468 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudEpileptic by David B.
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,008 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
1,113 books — 992 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
3,455 books — 6,759 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
14,203 books — 9,854 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
1,340 books — 2,573 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Road by Cormac McCarthyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Disappointing Books
2,734 books — 4,607 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
12,388 books — 7,099 voters