1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James MustichThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyCultural Amnesia by Clive JamesGaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,868 books — 7,001 voters
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James MustichOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderAmerican Nations by Colin WoodardCosmos by Carl SaganThe Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,225 books — 8,064 voters

Morris's Disappearing Bag by Rosemary WellsWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakOur Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice ProvensenA Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis StevensonRichard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town by Richard Scarry
Books for three-year-old children
807 books — 483 voters
The Complete Works by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Books Ever
75,015 books — 278,298 voters

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinThe Thread That Runs So True by Jesse StuartA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorDark Star by Alan StrachanWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,763 books — 6,292 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
Best Historical Fiction
7,257 books — 25,420 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingBrotherhood in Death by J.D. RobbCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Conspiracy Fiction
1,258 books — 1,314 voters
French Silk by Sandra       BrownA Stained White Radiance by James Lee BurkeKill and Tell by Linda HowardA Journey to Matecumbe by Robert Lewis TaylorBlood on the Bayou by D.J. Donaldson
New Orleans Fiction
66 books — 19 voters

Storm Front by Jim  ButcherGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. HamiltonNaked in Death by J.D. RobbA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessMiddlegame by Seanan McGuire
Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Books
1,889 books — 4,326 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellConfederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
Best Southern Books
816 books — 738 voters

Silver Linings by Jayne Ann KrentzPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareBath Tangle by Georgette HeyerBlack Hills by Nora Roberts
Best Second Chance Romance
1,268 books — 1,979 voters
Old Yeller by Fred GipsonThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Books That Had Me Bawling My Eyes Out
852 books — 1,591 voters

Heart of Fire by Linda HowardWarrior's Woman by Johanna LindseyRavished by Amanda QuickHidden Riches by Nora RobertsThe Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Controlling/Sexy/Possessive Men
3,058 books — 6,373 voters
Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. HamiltonA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,402 books — 18,111 voters

A Coral Kiss by Jayne Ann KrentzFirst Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThe Main Attraction by Jayne Ann KrentzA Carol Christmas by Muriel JensenThe Matchmakers by Debbie Macomber
Sports Romances
1,266 books — 1,915 voters

Old Yeller by Fred GipsonHeidi by Johanna SpyriGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensRainwater by Sandra       Brown
Books That Had You Sobbing
872 books — 1,450 voters
Ordinary Grace by William Kent KruegerHow the Light Gets In by Louise PennyThe Silkworm by Robert GalbraithA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesChanges by Jim  Butcher
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,636 books — 14,026 voters

Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. SayersThe Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline GrahamStill Life by Louise PennyHidden Riches by Nora RobertsLong Upon the Land by Margaret Maron
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,910 books — 1,331 voters
Night School by Lee ChildThe Cliffs of Night by Beatrice BrandonCity of the Lost by Kelley ArmstrongLocked In by Marcia MullerOrdinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Crime Books That Should Be Movies
1,155 books — 1,008 voters

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. SayersHoliday in Death by J.D. RobbA Fatal Winter by G.M. MallietA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensIn the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Winter Solstice
130 books — 9 voters
The Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirApril Lady by Georgette HeyerLord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseGlory in Death by J.D. RobbWatership Down by Richard  Adams
Spring Equinox
118 books — 4 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensDevil's Cub by Georgette HeyerCandide by VoltairePersonal by Lee ChildThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Set in France: Fiction
615 books — 150 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHamlet by William ShakespeareWorth Dying For by Lee ChildGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersNaked in Death by J.D. Robb
I Will Read Absolutely Anything S/He Writes
1,029 books — 343 voters

Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. HamiltonZombies of the Gene Pool by Sharyn McCrumbBlack Sheep by Georgette HeyerThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithShock Wave by John Sandford
There Ought to be a Band
2,435 books — 1,108 voters
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Corpse in Oozak's Pond by Charlotte MacLeodBillingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer
Amateur Detective
366 books — 99 voters

Alice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
Best Young Adult Books
13,032 books — 80,090 voters
The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve HamiltonDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayMacbeth by William ShakespeareGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 585 voters