Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
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995 books — 815 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettAmerica (The Book) by Jon   StewartI Am America by Stephen ColbertEqual Rites by Terry Pratchett
Books that Make you Laugh
3,487 books — 5,028 voters
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Detective Fiction
1,176 books — 1,073 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,175 books — 10,028 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
728 books — 536 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
811 books — 1,055 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,109 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienEmma by Jane AustenThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best 10 Books That You've Read
815 books — 467 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
1,219 books — 1,679 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Book Titles
11,254 books — 7,562 voters

All Things Bright and Beautiful by James HerriotAll Things Wise and Wonderful by James HerriotThe Lord God Made Them All by James HerriotJames Herriot's Cat Stories by James Herriot
Best Books About Animals
1,839 books — 1,857 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,130 books — 7,757 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittStumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,220 books — 4,380 voters
Stiff by Mary Roach
Feet!
518 books — 311 voters

Emma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
With Their Backs to the Reader
952 books — 224 voters
Kidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonTreasure Island by Fiona MacdonaldThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasShōgun by James Clavell
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,515 books — 3,524 voters

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasShōgun by James ClavellGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Best Historical Fiction
7,249 books — 25,373 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Books I Regret Reading
2,247 books — 3,225 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserSkinny Bitch by Rory FreedmanFrench Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,218 books — 1,630 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,927 books — 1,761 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,557 books — 18,704 voters