Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLes Misérables by Victor HugoWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,069 books — 5,779 voters
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177 books — 132 voters

Black Boy by Richard WrightTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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1,001 books — 1,137 voters
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The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Books that Made You Cry!
3,355 books — 7,790 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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31,242 books — 118,389 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,798 books — 10,266 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,416 books — 2,293 voters