See Me by Nicholas SparksThe Seeker and the Monk by Sophfronia ScottBroke in America by Joanne Samuel GoldblumHidden America by Jeanne Marie LaskasThe Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin
Angst - Kidnapped / Captive - Romance
205 books — 230 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenChocolat by Joanne Harris
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,111 books — 1,839 voters

Wonder by R.J. PalacioThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Storyteller by Jodi PicoultThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
TO DIE FOR 2012 - 2013 STAND-ALONES
607 books — 3,029 voters
The Music in George's Head by Suzanne SladeThe Secret Life of Squirrels by Nancy     RoseMerry Christmas, Squirrels! by Nancy     RoseI Dissent by Debbie LevyThe Secret Life of Squirrels by Nancy     Rose
Picture Books Adults Should Read
66 books — 11 voters

Night by Elie WieselTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBeloved by Toni MorrisonI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Books Banned or Challenged
469 books — 34 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,567 books — 11,180 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
729 books — 468 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultComplications by Atul Gawande
Medicine and Literature
1,834 books — 1,991 voters

Eragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,698 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienLes Misérables by Victor HugoAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Stand by Stephen        KingEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,868 books — 7,002 voters

The Book Collector by Alice ThompsonThe Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
Autumn Tea Reads
22 books — 6 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Real-World Fantasy Books
48 books — 5 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleGreen River, Running Red by Ann RuleAll the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best True Crime
1,323 books — 1,872 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,196 books — 1,086 voters

Seabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerLucky Man by Michael J. FoxNo Time Like the Future by Michael J. FoxReviving the Broken Marionette by Maija Haavisto
Books by Disabled authours
127 books — 29 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Children's Fantasy
963 books — 1,107 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Great Coming-Of-Age Books
860 books — 632 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,449 books — 8,359 voters

Dewey by Vicki MyronThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussA Street Cat Named Bob by James BowenJames Herriot's Cat Stories by James HerriotAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Cat Lovers List
1,228 books — 533 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey1984 by George Orwell
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
878 books — 483 voters

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahI Am America by Stephen ColbertThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickThe Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Best Books of 2007
1,113 books — 992 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
[ATY 2021] - Set on an Island
257 books — 112 voters

The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le GuinDragonflight by Anne McCaffreyWeyr Search by Anne McCaffreyMammoth Books Presents the Region Between by Harlan EllisonCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Nebula and Hugo Nominated Novellas
100 books — 13 voters
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Science Fantasy (And Space Fantasy)
46 books — 34 voters

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollBeowulf by UnknownThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Sword of Shannara by Terry BrooksThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy
50 books — 3 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe Sword in the Stone by T.H. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Classic Fantasy Adaptations
48 books — 3 voters

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingThe Canterville Ghost by Oscar WildeCoraline by Neil GaimanAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll by Lewis CarrollAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Under 30k/100p short stories
28 books — 8 voters