5 Star


The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
The Song of Achilles
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie LeeHell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonSpeak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Memoirs Published in the 1960s
48 books — 5 voters
The Knights of St.John by Augusta Theodosia DraneThe Great Betrayal by Ernle BradfordA Land So Strange by Andrés ReséndezNo Picnic on Mount Kenya by Felice BenuzziThe Swamp Fox by John Oller
Blood, Sweat, and Ink
29 books — 1 voter

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLady Justice and the Sisterhood of the Crones by Jennifer SpeidelThe Riddle Maker by Bruce BorgosDark Is When the Devil Comes by Daisy PearceJonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Five Star Books Read in 2026
19 books — 3 voters
My Family & Other Animals by Gerald DurrellLady Sings the Blues by Billie HolidaySurprised by Joy by C.S. LewisCider With Rosie by Laurie LeeCripple Creek Days by Mabel Barbee Lee
Best Memoirs Published in the 1950s
39 books — 8 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
4 and 5 Star Books
258 books — 140 voters

Julie Buxbaum
My dad and I both refuse to patronize the number-one-ranked Curryland, despite the statistical significance of the additional seven five-star reviews in their favor, because as a rule we avoid restaurants that rely on a theme, especially one as nonsensical as pretending that each customer is a tourist in a mythical place called Curryland.
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