The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselWild by Cheryl StrayedIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
favorite non-fiction
2,963 books — 1,448 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadCold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Historical Fiction - The American South
373 books — 123 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,971 books — 18,740 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiBel Canto by Ann Patchett
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,838 books — 22,430 voters

How to Cook Everything by Mark BittmanThe Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerThe Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2010 by America's Test Kitchen
How to Cook Books
545 books — 86 voters
Tequila Mockingbird by Tim Federle
Geeky Cookbooks
236 books — 85 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaThe Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiA Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Booker Prize Winners
74 books — 2,016 voters
Swing Time by Zadie SmithPull Me Under by Kelly Luce
Oooh Shiny November 2016
19 books — 5 voters

The Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanThe Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora PierceThe Crow by Alison Croggon
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,820 books — 19,071 voters
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Book of the Month Club Picks
190 books — 86 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderAin't I a Woman by bell hooksNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisWhy Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Books White People Need to Read
1,431 books — 1,789 voters
The Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienCold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,182 books — 3,684 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,263 books — 28,372 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrBossypants by Tina FeyThe Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,749 books — 14,418 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Prophet by Kahlil GibranLiving Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat HanhThe Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
Best Spiritual Books
1,592 books — 1,573 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,851 books — 6,313 voters

Hegemony or Survival by Noam ChomskyThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanHomegoing by Yaa GyasiA People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Anti-Racism Book Club
53 books — 3 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,855 books — 4,125 voters

Rainbow Boys by Alex   SanchezRainbow High by Alex   SanchezRainbow Road by Alex   Sanchez
YA for Middle School Boys
15 books — 5 voters
Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingLord of the Flies by William Golding
The Ultimate Bucket List of Books
61 books — 11 voters

Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLord of the Flies by William GoldingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books Ever
78,615 books — 292,941 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Best Young Adult Book Series
331 books — 659 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,690 books — 124,214 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Best Southern Literature
1,384 books — 2,604 voters