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Water for Elephants by Sara GruenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe da Vinci Code by Dan BrownHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Light but not (too) dumb
845 books — 839 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
2,248 books — 2,284 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,233 books — 118,054 voters
Friday Night Lights by H.G. BissingerThe Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Top reads for sports fans
954 books — 767 voters

Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey
The Olympic Games
266 books — 126 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
BUY THE BOOK...CAN"T STOP READING!
600 books — 439 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,654 books — 25,872 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineHarriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Bitch Magazine 100 YA books for feminist readers
120 books — 62 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaBirds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
Best Historical Mystery
1,992 books — 4,478 voters
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Best Books to Make into a PBS Series
457 books — 376 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenGeneration Kill by Evan Wright
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,071 books — 66,892 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThen Came You by Jennifer Weiner
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
13,755 books — 14,468 voters
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Books You've Burned
305 books — 51 voters

Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier
50 Books Every Child Should Read
1,300 books — 1,015 voters
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgNumber the Stars by Lois LowryRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du BoisJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Most Deserving Newbery
104 books — 2,990 voters

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonHoly Bible by Anonymous
Real Man Books
778 books — 307 voters
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Best Books of 2004
688 books — 251 voters

Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. AmbroseD-Day, June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best American History Books
2,104 books — 2,464 voters
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,273 books — 15,407 voters

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Books that Made You Cry!
3,351 books — 7,776 voters
Wolf by the Ears by Ann RinaldiMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,409 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,485 books — 16,048 voters