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
581 books — 965 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Four Jacks Annotated, Uncensored by Robert Pavchick
Best Literary Fiction
1,654 books — 1,705 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
439 books — 2,141 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 — 243 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
350 books — 315 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
3,070 books — 4,489 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
1,736 books — 2,263 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,227 books — 125,859 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
1,109 books — 1,244 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
786 books — 1,035 voters
West with the Night by Beryl MarkhamGirls Can be Cowboys Too! Volume I by Rose MillerOut of Africa by Isak DinesenMy Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-NéelBorn Free by Joy Adamson
Trailblazing Women Adventurers
556 books — 233 voters