Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerneyA Fan's Notes by Frederick ExleyRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesRock Springs by Richard FordCathedral by Raymond Carver
Best of Vintage Contemporaries
12th out of 55 books — 38 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorA Thousand Acres by Jane SmileyEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
The Iowa Writers' Workshop
53rd out of 141 books — 32 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAn Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Smoke and Fire
680th out of 1,109 books — 50 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Stand by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
793rd out of 1,956 books — 1,883 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsFirestarter by Stephen  KingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Some like it hot
167th out of 198 books — 61 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Blue Collar Books
97th out of 192 books — 59 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenDivergent by Veronica RothAllegiant by Veronica RothInsurgent by Veronica RothThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
What we've read so far in...2014
2952nd out of 9,411 books — 2,068 voters
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Shining by Stephen  KingSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Best Books 1977
82nd out of 195 books — 62 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceNine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Short Story Collections
1343rd out of 1,552 books — 858 voters
Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
2365th out of 2,897 books — 2,042 voters

Children of War by Astrid V.J.Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. MonizSalt Slow by Julia ArmfieldThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha PhilyawWhy Visit America by Matthew   Baker
Best Short Story Collections And Anthologies
127th out of 183 books — 23 voters