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The Arcanum by Janet Gleeson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,876 books — 2,256 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBlindness by José Saramago
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,300 books — 11,657 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
1,175 books — 1,116 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Beautiful Books for Summer 2009
85 books — 76 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Books of 2009
1,767 books — 6,927 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
2,705 books — 13,263 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
672 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
1,495 books — 1,421 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?
3,982 books — 10,901 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
78,699 books — 293,259 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwan
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,137 books — 10,098 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
1,882 books — 4,733 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,270 books — 8,165 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,651 books — 17,729 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
7,990 books — 26,577 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudEpileptic by David B.
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,183 books — 2,016 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
1,122 books — 991 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
3,475 books — 6,782 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
15,094 books — 10,740 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
1,387 books — 2,608 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Road by Cormac McCarthyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,666 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
12,399 books — 7,096 voters