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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,707 books — 10,315 voters
The Reluctant Debutante by Becky LowerLove, Eternally by Morgan O'NeillSmitten Image by Pam B. MorrisCalifornia Sunset by Casey DawesLove Of Her Lives by Sharon Clare
Surprising Good Books
195 books — 171 voters

A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreUck It List by Jimmy TudeskiBattersea Parker by Jimmy TudeskiBloodsucking Fiends by Christopher MooreFool by Christopher Moore
Dark hilarious witty books
181 books — 155 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Books That You Didn't Expect to Be Good
139 books — 133 voters

Same Old Truths by Delora DennisMagic America by C.E. MedfordReasons I Fell for the Funny Fat Friend by Cassie MaeThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGirls Love Travis Walker by Anne Pfeffer
"Fun" Reads On Dark Subjects
46 books — 85 voters
In Search of the Return by Joshua RaymondThe Naming by Alison CroggonTouch of Power by Maria V. SnyderArrows of the Queen by Mercedes LackeyGraceling by Kristin Cashore
On a Journey of the Heart
93 books — 38 voters

Never Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Unexpectedly Good Reads
62 books — 32 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerFallen by Lauren KateWicked by Gregory MaguireFifty Shades Darker by E.L. JamesTheodore Boone by John Grisham
If Books Were Food, This Would Be A Fruitcake
57 books — 22 voters

Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMatilda by Roald DahlSometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Serendipitous books
25 books — 18 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne JonesMemories of a Butterfly by Ivan VlasovFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Genre rule benders
17 books — 11 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Surprisingly Easy Reads
42 books — 11 voters
Heidi by Johanna SpyriLife of Pi by Yann MartelTurtles All the Way Down by John GreenThe Incredible Journey by Sheila BurnfordThe Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Best Satisfying Twists
66 books — 9 voters

The Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Storyteller by Jodi PicoultThe Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
Elderly Villains
29 books — 8 voters
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs by H.P. LovecraftInferno by Dante AlighieriPreacher, Volume 1 by Garth EnnisJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeWatchmen by Alan Moore
Fiction Where Real Life People Make Unexpected Cameos
57 books — 7 voters

The Descent by Jeff LongChild 44 by Tom Rob SmithThe Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee SmithThe Rookie by Scott SiglerTo the Survivors by Robert Uttaro
Surprised to love this book
9 books — 6 voters
Breakfast At Tiffanys by Truman CapoteThe Rainbow by Pearl S. BuckEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeDances With Wolves by Michael Blake
Books You’d Want to Read if They Hadn’t Been Spoiled for You
102 books — 6 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDelirium by Lauren Oliver
An Unexpected Love Of Science Fiction
18 books — 5 voters
Bride by Ali HazelwoodSlave to Sensation by Nalini SinghBound by Blood by Cynthia EdenTouched by Corrine JacksonHalf-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Werewolves and Vampires (Supernatural Enemies) - Romance
12 books — 5 voters

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