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5 Vintage Children’s Books for the First Day of School

Off the Beaten Canon: 5 Great Novels That Don't Get Enough Attention

9 Wicked Beach Reads about Friend-Fatales

What God Hath Wrought: 6 Great Books About Natural Disasters and Why You Should Read Them

Great Cultural Books for the Beach... and Anywhere Else

The Top 10 Most Influential Fictional Characters

7 Beach Reads You Can Grab Off Your T(w)een's Bookshelf

All 393 Lists of Book Recommendations

Americana

Books about TV Game Shows

Great Books About Magicians or Circuses

The Best Novels About WASPs

...see all 11 "Americana" lists

Award Winners

Graphic Novel Nominees for the 2009 Cybils Awards

Books for a Better Life Award Inspirational Memoir winners

The Giverny Award for Children's Science Picture Books

...see all 11 "Award Winners" lists

Beach Reads

Children's Books That Grownups Will Love

Great Cultural Books for the Beach... and Anywhere Else

Back to School: Campus Novels

...see all 17 "Beach Reads" lists

Best Books of 2009

The Best Crime Fiction of 2009

The Best Graphic Novels of 2009

The 10 Best Books of 2009 for Book Clubs

...see all 8 "Best Books of 2009" lists

Best of...

Salon.com's Favorite Fiction of 2007

The Best Graphic Novels of 2009

Epicurious's 10 Best Cookbooks of 2008

...see all 21 "Best of..." lists

Biography & Memoir

Odes to Dead Spouses

The Best Walt Disney Biography

Biographies of Cities

...see all 9 "Biography & Memoir" lists

Bloggers' Picks

Accessible (Mostly) Southeast Asian Cookbooks

10 Canadian Fiction Favorites

The 10 Best Books on User Experience

...see all 24 "Bloggers' Picks" lists

Book Club Recommendations

Where Utopia Distorts into Dystopia: Dystopian Novels

Book Club Books: Great Book Club Books Set in New York City

Wayward Women: Great Books Where Women Hit The Road

...see all 18 "Book Club Recommendations" lists

Books by...

The (mostly) Cookbooks of Amanda Hesser

The Fiction of Ayn Rand

Every Novel by Chuck Palahniuk — Author of Fight Club

...see all 15 "Books by..." lists

Books to Give as Gifts

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Superm... Nope, It IS a Plane.

The Best Crime Fiction of 2009

The 10 Best Books of 2009 for Book Clubs

...see all 12 "Books to Give as Gifts" lists

Business

Keeping it Simple: Six Business Classics (as inspired by the Amish)

The Art of Being an Entrepreneur

Understanding the Financial Crisis

...see all 7 "Business" lists

Children's Books

The White Mountains Trilogy

Books If You Like Cinderella...

Children's Picture Books About Libraries

...see all 66 "Children's Books" lists

Cookbooks & Food Memoirs

The (mostly) Cookbooks of Amanda Hesser

Culinary Memoirs That Make Perfect Beach Reads

Entertaining (and Calorie-free) Culinary Memoirs

...see all 12 "Cookbooks & Food Memoirs" lists

Disney

Books about Disney's Corporate Mishegoss

Disneyland: Behind The Scenes

The Very Best Disneyland Guide Books

...see all 6 "Disney" lists

Dogs and Other Pets

Coming to Terms with The Loss of a Pet

These Books Have Gone to the Dogs

Books to Read As Soon As You Get a Dog

...see all 6 "Dogs and Other Pets" lists

Education

Back to School: Campus Novels

5 Vintage Children’s Books for the First Day of School

Best Books for Parents About Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

...see all 11 "Education" lists

Expert Opinions

The Best Books on Raising Urban Chickens

A Humor Writer's Favorite 20th Century Funny Novels

Books on Teaching Reading Comprehension

...see all 11 "Expert Opinions" lists

Favorite Books of the Famous & Accomplished

Nick Hornby's Favorite Books

Malcolm Gladwell's Favorite Books

The Books that Barack Obama Reads and Recommends

...see all 6 "Favorite Books of the Famous & Accomplished" lists

Fiction

Every Book by Nick Hornby

Terrifying Inspiration from The King of Horror: Some Books of Stephen King

Literary Fiction Picks from Alex Geana

...see all 93 "Fiction" lists

Gay & Lesbian

Christian McLaughlin's Favorite Novels

Top Ten Essay Collections by Lesbians

Must-Reads From the Panelists of Flaming Politics

Top Ten Books of Contemporary Lesbian Poetry

Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" Series

Graphic Novels

The Best Graphic Novels of 2009

The Best Graphic Novels... According to Alan Kennedy

10 Manga To Make You Think

...see all 7 "Graphic Novels" lists

Health & Medicine

Books With The Sea in Sight

Best Books for Parents About Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Books to Help You Understand Menopause

...see all 13 "Health & Medicine" lists

History

World War II & Holocaust Fiction (and Non-Fiction) for Your Book Club

Biographies of Cities

Everything I Wanted to Know About Abraham Lincoln, I Learned From These Books

...see all 13 "History" lists

Hobbies

Books for the Word Lover

12 Classic Steampunk Books

Books about... Books!

...see all 9 "Hobbies" lists

Humor

The Best Books of P.G. Wodehouse

Every Book by David Sedaris

The 10 Funniest Books According to ABE's British Customers

A Humor Writer's Favorite 20th Century Funny Novels

Love & Romance

Love Letters

The Things We Do For Love

The Best Books About Love... that Your Book Club Probably Hasn't Read

...see all 7 "Love & Romance" lists

Miscellaneous

Some Great Books about Autumn

A Handful of Good Books by NPR Hosts

Five Perfect Book Covers

...see all 8 "Miscellaneous" lists

Movies & Television

7 Sin-sational B-Grade Movie Books

The Books They Read on TV's Mad Men

Mike Mannarino's TV Must-Reads

...see all 6 "Movies & Television" lists

Music

Favorite Books about Rock and Roll From WeHeartThis.com

Novels that Rock

Mystery

6 Great Environmental Mysteries

"Punny" Mysteries

First of the Best: American Female P.I. Novels

...see all 22 "Mystery" lists

Nature

Snow Books a.k.a. A Book List that Snow-Balled

Great Books Set on River Journeys

In The Garden

...see all 8 "Nature" lists

New York City

What New Yorkers Read on the Subway

Hey, Women! Chick Lit Before There Was Chick Lit

Book Club Books: Great Book Club Books Set in New York City

11 of the Best Books About 9/11

Non-Fiction

Robert Rodi's Favorite Memoirs

Understanding the Financial Crisis

African American Experiences

...see all 6 "Non-Fiction" lists

Parenting

Resources for Kids with LD and/or ADHD

Best Books for Parents About Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Books About Children and Their Moms

...see all 12 "Parenting" lists

Personal Favorites

Books That Taught Me to Like the Subway Again

Hannah Bomze's Favorite Books

Andy Gavin's List of the Very, Very Best Fantasy

...see all 38 "Personal Favorites" lists

Poetry

Every Book (of Poetry) by Kay Ryan

Every Book of Elizabeth Alexander, the Poet for Obama's Inauguration

The Best Books for Poetic Seduction

Book Club Books: Some of the Best Poetry Books for Your Book Club

7 Poetry Books to Ignite Your Imagination

Politics & Current Affairs

Memoirs of Our Presidential Candidates

Everything I Wanted to Know About Abraham Lincoln, I Learned From These Books

The Books that Barack Obama Reads and Recommends

...see all 7 "Politics & Current Affairs" lists

Rest In Peace

John Updike's "Rabbit" Series

The Best of David Foster Wallace

Books by Tim Russert

Sci Fi & Fantasy

Alternate History Sci-Fi: the Best Earths that Never Were

These Books Will Help You Survive After an Apocalypse

6 Classic Sci-Fi Books You Should Read

...see all 16 "Sci Fi & Fantasy" lists

Sea Stories

They're Female. They're Pirates. They're Female Pirates.

True Tales of Survival

Self-Help

The Art of Being an Entrepreneur

The Best Books for Families and Supporters of People With Cancer

10 Books to Pick Yourself Up With (And a Song of Resilience)

...see all 18 "Self-Help" lists

Sports

Baseball By the Numbers: The Best Books on Baseball Stats

Books About the Craft, Magic, and Art of Baseball

Inspiration for the Long Run: Books on Running

Submitted by Fans of Flashlight Worthy

Books That Explain the Bump in the Night

"Lost Classics" as suggested by Melanie Rehak

21 Great Books with Just-As-Great Movie Versions

...see all 23 "Submitted by Fans of Flashlight Worthy" lists

Travel & Places

Have Books Will Travel: Missing Parsons’ Top 10 Road Books

It's All About Culture: Great Books in Foreign Lands

Keystone Mysteries: The Best Mystery Books Set in Pennsylvania

...see all 25 "Travel & Places" lists

Tween

8 Books Worth Building Your Own Flashlight For

The White Mountains Trilogy

The Best Fantasy Series for Teens

The Best Tween Books of 2009

7 Beach Reads You Can Grab Off Your T(w)een's Bookshelf

War

Remembering the Holocaust in Non-Fiction for Kids

A Large Handful of Novels About World War II

8 Books on the Tuskegee Airmen

World War II & Holocaust Fiction (and Non-Fiction) for Your Book Club

The Holocaust in Fiction for Children

Web & Internet Technology

Eric Mueller's Favorite Technology Books

Silicon Valley Failures

The 10 Best Books on User Experience

Writing

7 Great Titles for a Writer Digging for Inspiration

7 Books to Get You Started as a Playwright

Books about... Books!

...see all 7 "Writing" lists

Young Adult & Teen

The American Library Association's 2008 List of The Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults

10 Great Books for Mother-Daughter Book Clubs

Young Adult Books Featuring Women From Another Era

...see all 16 "Young Adult & Teen" lists