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The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,982 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleShrek! by William SteigThe Pursuit of Happyness by Chris GardnerMadame Doubtfire by Anne Fine
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,215 books — 6,118 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesRebecca by Daphne du MaurierShutter Island by Dennis LehaneTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Coffee & Books Group Favorites
141 books — 95 voters
Shutter Island by Dennis LehanePrimal Fear by William DiehlThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Best Twists
8,286 books — 8,867 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,810 voters
Open by Andre AgassiThe Last Lecture by Randy PauschIt's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. FeynmanMarley and Me by John Grogan
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,751 books — 6,277 voters

1984 by George OrwellSomething Happened by Joseph HellerThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,098 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,129 books — 4,261 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,184 books — 117,894 voters
The Man Who Knew Infinity by Robert KanigelThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Best Biographies
1,640 books — 2,918 voters

The Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonPrey by Michael CrichtonState of Fear by Michael CrichtonTimeline by Michael CrichtonJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Best of Michael Crichton
36 books — 197 voters
Primal Fear by William DiehlA Time to Kill by John GrishamThe Firm by John GrishamThe Runaway Jury by John GrishamThe Rainmaker by John Grisham
Legal Thrillers
279 books — 405 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniEnglish, August by Upamanyu ChatterjeeThe Guide by R.K. Narayan
Best Indian Fiction Books
913 books — 2,421 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Best South Asian Fiction
730 books — 1,889 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,362 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,734 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books Ever
74,789 books — 277,629 voters