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Cloud Atlas by David MitchellBlack Swan Green by David Mitchell
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,851 books — 21,780 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellBlack Swan Green by David Mitchell
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,363 voters

Faceless Killers by Henning MankellRoseanna by Maj SjöwallFrom Doon With Death by Ruth RendellThe Watchman by Robert CraisThe Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,184 books — 2,275 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,867 books — 6,999 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Mary, Mary, quite contrary ...
477 books — 79 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,485 books — 16,045 voters

Luftslottet som sprängdes by Stieg Larsson
Eagerly Anticipated Books Remainder of 2009 and 2010
490 books — 1,415 voters
Dianetics by L. Ron HubbardGodless by Ann CoulterGuilty by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterTreason by Ann Coulter
1001 Books I'd Rather Die than Read
965 books — 868 voters

The Dogs of Riga by Henning MankellThe White Lioness by Henning MankellThe Fifth Woman by Henning MankellThe Return of the Dancing Master by Henning MankellOne Step Behind by Henning Mankell
Murder Most Cold
218 books — 397 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Some like it hot
198 books — 61 voters

The Last Coyote by Michael ConnellyThe Narrows by Michael ConnellyLost Light by Michael ConnellyThe Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Detective Fiction
1,177 books — 1,074 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Books of 2008
1,632 books — 6,783 voters

Echo Park by Michael ConnellyMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Best Manfiction
2,213 books — 552 voters
Echo Park by Michael Connelly
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,072 books — 806 voters

The Black Echo by Michael ConnellyThe Black Ice by Michael ConnellyThe Concrete Blonde by Michael ConnellyChinatown by Robert TowneEcho Park by Michael Connelly
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
322 books — 288 voters
Intensity by Dean KoontzThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythEye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Thrillers
4,510 books — 5,475 voters

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Memoirs by Women
2,945 books — 2,992 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Twists
8,288 books — 8,874 voters
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and Gardens
Best Cookbooks
1,436 books — 1,104 voters

The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,982 voters
The Worst Books of All Time
8,178 books — 19,864 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,097 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterTreason by Ann CoulterGuilty by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,636 books — 6,000 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Odyssey by Homer
The Best Books of All Time
406 books — 175 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,768 books — 6,937 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books Ever
74,930 books — 277,867 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
What To Read Next
20,130 books — 24,071 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Ending
8,041 books — 6,048 voters
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneThe Hidden Staircase by Carolyn KeeneThe Mystery at the Moss-covered Mansion by Carolyn KeeneThe Witch Tree Symbol by Carolyn KeeneLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,795 books — 10,240 voters


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