The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,805 books — 9,700 voters
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Price of Salt by Claire  Morgan
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,027 books — 2,652 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Recommended Reads
3,788 books — 1,536 voters
The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonPower And Prediction by Ajay Agrawal
Best Unappreciated Books
4,366 books — 2,204 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,762 books — 26,013 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Fantasy Books Written for Adults
1,299 books — 1,619 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Most Interesting Magic System
2,650 books — 8,769 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,147 books — 2,721 voters