Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Rollins
Crystal Clear
156 books — 22 voters

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythA Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
Edgar Award Winners
124 books — 203 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,294 books — 15,546 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelOf Mice and Men/Cannery Row by John SteinbeckInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
American Literature at the Movies
462 books — 180 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
922 books — 2,382 voters

The Owl Killers by Karen MaitlandHoot by Carl HiaasenHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Owls
213 books — 85 voters
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanThe City & the City by China MiévilleTender Morsels by Margo LanaganHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Books in/about Hidden Places
129 books — 36 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,827 books — 10,403 voters
Am I Not a Man? by Mark L. ShurtleffOut of the Shadows Into the Light by Candace E. Salima
Lesser Known Authors
3,942 books — 3,354 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerCharity Girl by Michael LowenthalThe Plague of Doves by Louise ErdrichStolen by Lucy ChristopherHow the Light Gets In by M.J. Hyland
Judge Books By Their Covers
991 books — 702 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,003 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerRebecca by Daphne du MaurierCoraline by Neil GaimanLolita by Vladimir NabokovIvanhoe by Walter Scott
One Name as a Title
1,115 books — 203 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings by Thomas PaineThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,279 voters
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanAnansi Boys by Neil GaimanWar for the Oaks by Emma BullThe Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,399 books — 12,542 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonCold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Must Reads in 2009
139 books — 267 voters

Indian Summer by William Dean Howells
Autumn Leaves
200 books — 93 voters
The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki GemmellHer Last Death by Susanna SonnenbergPersuasion by Jane AustenHandmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Headless Women
623 books — 138 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Transcendentalism
121 books — 62 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,904 books — 16,540 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonTithe by Holly BlackA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickCrank by Ellen HopkinsEverlost by Neal Shusterman
Trippy Books
832 books — 894 voters
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn MitchardAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithHouse of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
The Title is Better Than the Book
184 books — 69 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,201 books — 28,370 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
Books with an Obscure message
12 books — 11 voters

The Thought Gang by Tibor FischerThe Aerodynamics of Pork by Patrick GaleMiss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter HøegThe Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
Turquoise Books
290 books — 88 voters