Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakBread and Jam for Frances by Russell HobanWe Went Looking by Aileen FisherCorduroy by Don FreemanIt's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz
Picture Books of the 1960s
354 books — 44 voters
Dick Whittington and His Cat by Marcia BrownMadeline's Rescue by Ludwig BemelmansWhat Do You Say, Dear? A Book of Manners for All Occasions by Sesyle JoslinMinn of the Mississippi by Holling Clancy HollingHouses from the Sea by Alice E. Goudey
Picture Books of the 1950s
264 books — 42 voters

The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenOld Yeller by Fred GipsonA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingJude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Saddest Books
493 books — 722 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeCold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsCandide by VoltaireHoliday in Death by J.D. Robb
Best Humor Writing
807 books — 800 voters

Shakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotThe Complete English Poems by John DonneSongs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake
Best Poetry Books
2,964 books — 2,410 voters

Caps for Sale by Esphyr SlobodkinaThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmBilly and Blaze by C.W. AndersonFlicka, Ricka, Dicka and the New Dotted Dresses by Maj Lindman
Picture Books of the 1940s and Before
291 books — 38 voters
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersA Great Reckoning by Louise PennyMiss Pym Disposes by Josephine TeyUniform Justice by Donna LeonThe Transcendental Murder by Jane Langton
Academic Mysteries
152 books — 40 voters

Trapped by Michael NorthropBad Little Falls by Paul DoironNo Exit by Taylor  AdamsHell Is Empty by Craig JohnsonNo Fixed Line by Dana Stabenow
Books about Blizzards
99 books — 35 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensAll the Devils Are Here by Louise PennyThese Old Shades by Georgette HeyerMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Books About Paris
712 books — 570 voters

Nature's Best Hope by Douglas W. TallamyThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel PinkwaterOur Amazing Birds by Robert S. LemmonHatchet Island by Paul Doiron
Birds on a cover
729 books — 155 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanPoetic Justice by Amanda CrossThe Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Stories For Book Lovers
8,331 books — 8,212 voters

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersThe House at Pooh Corner by A.A. MilneMillions of Cats by Wanda GágUnnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayersAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Books 1928
60 books — 27 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard HughesEmil and the Detectives by Erich KästnerHitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel FieldLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Best Books 1929
49 books — 23 voters

Strong Poison by Dorothy L. SayersSwallows and Amazons by Arthur RansomeMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Collected Short Stories of Saki by SakiThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Best Books 1930
101 books — 37 voters
The Taming of the Shrew by William ShakespeareKatherine by Anya SetonThe Great Deluge by Douglas BrinkleyThe Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia QuinnA Gathering of Secrets by Linda  Castillo
Kiss Me Kate
283 books — 29 voters

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Complete Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian AndersenThe Fire Engine That Disappeared by Maj SjöwallThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirA Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Favorite Translated Literature
1,029 books — 494 voters
Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle by Georgette HeyerReckless by Amanda QuickWhirlwind Courtship by Jayne TaylorThe Accidental Bride by Jane FeatherIt Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
"Phoebe"
166 books — 14 voters

Depth of Winter by Craig JohnsonMr. Impossible by Loretta ChaseAn Easy Death by Charlaine HarrisBorderline by Nevada BarrObsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Desert
486 books — 84 voters
An Inconvenient Truth by Al GoreNature's Best Hope by Douglas W. TallamyThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenIshmael by Daniel QuinnThe Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich
Best Environmental Books
1,064 books — 1,190 voters

How the Light Gets In by Louise PennyThe Resistance Man by Martin  WalkerThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithSuspect by Robert CraisOrdinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Best Books Published in 2013
3,591 books — 7,168 voters
Shadow of Night by Deborah HarknessThe Beautiful Mystery by Louise PennyAshes of Honor by Seanan McGuireCelebrity in Death by J.D. RobbThe Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,206 voters

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessNew York to Dallas by J.D. RobbThree-Day Town by Margaret MaronBreaking Silence by Linda  CastilloThe Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
Best Books of 2011
2,667 books — 6,708 voters
Changes by Jim  Butcher61 Hours by Lee ChildPray for Silence by Linda  CastilloBury Your Dead by Louise PennyBlack Diamond by Martin  Walker
Best Books of 2010
1,578 books — 2,474 voters