My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataConversations with Friends by Sally RooneyBoy Parts by Eliza  Clark
women vs the void
237 books — 590 voters
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoSwimming Lessons by Claire FullerAmerican War by Omar El AkkadHuman Acts by Han KangHomesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh
Outlandish Lit 2017 Fiction Preview
51 books — 60 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,781 books — 2,175 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonHunger by Knut Hamsun
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,213 books — 1,245 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Canadian Fiction
1,042 books — 605 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,721 books — 7,121 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,236 books — 8,067 voters