Sisterhood Is Powerful by Robin MorganTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,400 voters
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieQuiet by Susan CainThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanCaste by Isabel WilkersonThe Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,207 books — 952 voters

The Year of Less by Cait FlandersVoluntary Simplicity by Duane ElginYour Money or Your Life by Joe DominguezGift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Voluntary Simplicity
31 books — 20 voters
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelDoomsday Book by Connie WillisA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Giver by Lois LowryFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,989 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,159 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCloud Atlas by David  MitchellPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,956 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,783 voters
Roots by Alex HaleyCold Mountain by Charles FrazierYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Thread of Grace by Mary Doria RussellThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
World War II Literature
277 books — 187 voters