Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Stand by Stephen        KingIt by Stephen        KingDrood by Dan Simmons
Thickest Books Ever
890 books — 2,494 voters
The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter MoersOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Haunted by Chuck PalahniukPale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
My Favorite Books
2,182 books — 581 voters

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
The Beast Within
158 books — 48 voters
The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter MoersThe Gunslinger by Stephen        King
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,106 books — 25,563 voters

Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dubliners by James JoyceFragile Things by Neil GaimanNight Shift by Stephen        KingMore Pricks Than Kicks by Samuel Beckett
Collections of Short Stories
2,882 books — 2,036 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
766 books — 1,133 voters

Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotThe Collected Poems by Langston HughesThe Aeneid by VirgilAlabanza by Martín Espada
Best Poetry Books
2,960 books — 2,410 voters
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonBeloved by Toni MorrisonHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,422 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2009 Printz Contenders
55 books — 1,452 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Terror by Dan SimmonsHaunted by Chuck PalahniukBayou, Vol. 1 by Jeremy Love
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 21,770 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,853 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,384 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,735 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo WillemsSnuff by Chuck PalahniukJust After Sunset by Stephen        KingOdd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 2008
1,624 books — 6,782 voters

Batman by Jeph LoebBatman by Frank MillerBatman by Neil GaimanBatman by Frank MillerBatman by Jeph Loeb
Best of Batman
625 books — 929 voters
The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter MoersOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBayou, Vol. 1 by Jeremy Love
Recommended Reads
3,692 books — 1,527 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodHaunted by Chuck PalahniukThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Sandman, Vol. 6 by Neil GaimanGilgamesh by Anonymous
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,451 books — 11,137 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,251 books — 24,495 voters

Batman by Frank MillerSurvivor by Chuck PalahniukThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousBone, Vol. 1 by Jeff SmithEating Mammals by John Barlow
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,067 books — 66,646 voters
The Jungle by Upton SinclairPride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
The Worst Books of All Time
8,175 books — 19,861 voters

Bone by Jeff SmithBatman by Frank MillerWatchmen by Alan             MooreViolent Cases by Neil GaimanFables, Vol. 1 by Bill Willingham
Best Graphic Novels
3,433 books — 6,754 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreBatman by Frank MillerThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudBone by Jeff Smith
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,008 voters

The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter MoersOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodWhat Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
Best Books Ever
74,780 books — 277,428 voters