Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordNo & ich by Delphine de ViganDie Steinerne Pforte by Guillaume PrévostAuf immer, nicht ewig by Tania KindersleyThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
2011: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1,801 books — 441 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Well-Written Holocaust Books
884 books — 2,870 voters

Night Shift by Stephen        KingThe Collector by John FowlesNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroCarrie by Stephen        KingVon einem Tag auf den anderen by Robert Mawson
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,106 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Absence of Nectar by Kathy HepinstallThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,273 books — 15,405 voters

Peony in Love by Lisa SeeThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,976 voters

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnaySnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,408 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Books Ever
74,930 books — 277,867 voters

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBeloved by Toni Morrison
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,238 books — 3,853 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsOne Child by Torey L. HaydenThe Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,756 books — 6,281 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Historical Mystery
1,991 books — 4,476 voters

Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. ForsterThe Other Side of Silence by Margaret MahyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 890 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownBreaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Everyone's Read It But Me
800 books — 4,332 voters

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteStardust by Neil GaimanSilk by Alessandro BariccoThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,110 voters
She’s Come Undone by Wally LambI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah  GreenThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathVon einem Tag auf den anderen by Robert MawsonVeronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
The Mind
436 books — 464 voters

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,765 books — 16,412 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Fly-Truffler by Gustaf Sobin
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,540 books — 10,137 voters

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,224 books — 118,035 voters
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
765 books — 3,239 voters

Little Zizi by Thierry LenainA Spot of Bother by Mark HaddonLas luces de septiembre by Carlos Ruiz ZafónEl secreto del orfebre by Elia BarcelóThe Girls by Lori Lansens
What We've Read So Far In 2010
4,981 books — 1,784 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy TanThe Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,093 voters

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
Favorite books from my childhood
4,380 books — 7,399 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenPippi in the South Seas by Astrid LindgrenPippi Goes on Board by Astrid LindgrenThe Brothers Lionheart by Astrid LindgrenMärchen by Astrid Lindgren
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,209 books — 1,244 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Liars' Club by Mary KarrMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,085 books — 1,947 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDie gebundenen Füße by Kathryn HarrisonPeony in Love by Lisa SeeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
What To Read Next
20,130 books — 24,071 voters


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