On the Jellicoe Road by Melina MarchettaThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSaving Francesca by Melina MarchettaTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenGraffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Favourite Aussie YA books
575 books — 963 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Literary Fiction
1,544 books — 1,330 voters

The Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. RoseA Desperate Fortune by Susanna KearsleyMademoiselle Chanel by C.W. GortnerThe Last Queen of India by Michelle    Moran
Historical Fiction 2015
400 books — 2,094 voters
The Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesState of Wonder by Ann Patchett
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Country Noir
345 books — 310 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,541 books — 3,537 voters

Candide by VoltaireThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark TwainYou Might Be A Redneck If... by Jeff FoxworthyRound Ireland with a Fridge by Tony HawksRude Bitches Make Me Tired by Celia Rivenbark
Slightly Amusing!
48 books — 4 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionBig Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Best Beach Reads 2015
1,738 books — 2,267 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,701 books — 120,590 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWild by Cheryl StrayedA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
1,066 books — 1,155 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
705 books — 881 voters
West with the Night by Beryl MarkhamOut of Africa by Isak DinesenMy Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-NéelBorn Free by Joy AdamsonA Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird
Trailblazing Women Adventurers
539 books — 182 voters