Readers' Top 60 Books of the Past 5 years

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Books That Have Made An Impression
3,638 books — 2,109 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,807 books — 2,028 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate Hunter1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books Every Human Being Should Read
2,695 books — 2,001 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,274 books — 1,996 voters

Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickThe Last Olympian by Rick RiordanFallen by Lauren Kate
2010 Best Books for Young Adults (Nominations)
613 books — 1,967 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,022 books — 1,930 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,068 books — 1,885 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office by Lois P. FrankelLean In by Sheryl SandbergSoul Cure by Gregory DickowAI Doctor by Ronald M. Razmi
Recommended Nonfiction Books
3,549 books — 1,871 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,751 books — 1,854 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonStiff by Mary RoachGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,584 books — 1,832 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Winter Reads
9,032 books — 1,794 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHatchet by Gary PaulsenCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsLord of the Flies by William GoldingLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Survival Stories
1,149 books — 1,781 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
50 Books That Will Change Your Life - Chapters/Indigo
424 books — 1,752 voters
The Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Over 35 List: Books You Most Want to Read in 2015
1,111 books — 1,740 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,285 books — 1,721 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAI Doctor by Ronald M. RazmiGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl Sagan
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
3,827 books — 1,713 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Favourite young adult books
1,526 books — 1,693 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
1,200 books — 1,661 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
607 books — 1,610 voters
Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeThe Three Witches and the Master by Max NowazHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Art of Avoiding Your Werewolf by Lola Glass
All Sorts Favourites
1,412 books — 1,533 voters

The Beasts of Success by Jasun EtherStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinWalden by Henry David ThoreauFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George Orwell
Thought Provoking
2,600 books — 1,495 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,335 books — 1,481 voters

The Last Lecture by Randy PauschStart with Why by Simon SinekAI Doctor by Ronald M. RazmiTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomThe Book of Why by Judea Pearl
Most inspiring Nonfiction
2,422 books — 1,458 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
990 books — 1,434 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,833 books — 1,366 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyStart with Why by Simon SinekThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVMindset by Carol S. Dweck
Self-help and advice
1,815 books — 1,341 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Books I wish I had never read
1,271 books — 1,330 voters
Prince of Wolves by Quinn LoftisUnEnchanted by Chanda HahnThe Fallen Star by Jessica SorensenThe Mind Readers by Lori BrightonCoexist by Julia Crane
FREE Ebooks For Teens
178 books — 1,303 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAI Doctor by Ronald M. Razmi
Books that most influenced you
2,372 books — 1,296 voters
Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsWinter by Marissa MeyerCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Martian by Andy Weir
What we've read so far in 2016
8,115 books — 1,244 voters

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