The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanAlice in Sunderland by Bryan TalbotSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanLone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1 by Kazuo KoikeLocke & Key, Vol. 1 by Joe Hill
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,008 voters
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke AkutagawaThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Best Japanese Books
765 books — 3,239 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,538 voters
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Best Fantasy Books
1,679 books — 2,022 voters

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanSpellwright by Blake CharltonAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbDawnthief by James Barclay
Most Interesting Magic System
2,611 books — 8,703 voters
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistFirmin - Adventures Of A Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuBlack Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,760 books — 4,893 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,982 voters

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo IshiguroThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneDown by the River Where the Dead Men Go by George P. Pelecanos
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,468 books — 16,035 voters

The Complete Poems by John KeatsThe Complete Poems by Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Complete Poems by William BlakeThe Complete Poems by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeCollected Poems by Ted Hughes
Best Poets
515 books — 385 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettThe Inheritors by William Golding
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,529 books — 10,134 voters

Crow by Ted HughesDeath of a Naturalist by Seamus HeaneyNot Dead by Simon Armitage
Best Poetry Books
2,964 books — 2,410 voters
Alice in Sunderland by Bryan TalbotThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan TalbotDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba
Best Graphic Novels
3,433 books — 6,755 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellCloud Atlas by David MitchellA Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books Ever
74,888 books — 277,699 voters
In a Glass Darkly by J. Sheridan Le FanuCount Magnus and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. JamesTales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Supernatural Fiction
982 books — 472 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelIf Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregorPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Worst Books of All Time
8,178 books — 19,863 voters