In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonDreams of Joy by Lisa SeePainting Glowing Colors in Watercolor by Penny SotoA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonLouisa May Alcott by Harriet Reisen
What Should I Read in 2011?
555 books — 691 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best Young Adult Books
13,192 books — 80,288 voters

Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Best Books of 2009
1,764 books — 6,929 voters
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth KostovaGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Art & Artists in Fiction
954 books — 1,116 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsHolidays on Ice by David SedarisThe Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
Books that Make you Laugh
3,508 books — 5,193 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Ever
77,352 books — 288,658 voters