The Hat Trick Murders by John A. MacEachernThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumAmerican Assassin by Vince FlynnKilling Floor by Lee Child
Best Action and Thriller Series
107 books — 23 voters
Tangled by Emma ChaseSeduction and Snacks by Tara SivecWallbanger by Alice ClaytonBeautiful Bastard by Christina LaurenUck It List by Jimmy Tudeski
Best Adult Comedy
634 books — 1,192 voters

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenThe Genius of Birds by Jennifer AckermanThe Overstory by Richard PowersWild by Cheryl Strayed
Nature Published in Decade: 2010s
256 books — 56 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionThe Lido by Libby PageThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Best Up Lit (uplifting reads)
124 books — 88 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasGlass Houses by Louise PennyMagpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
2017 Librarian Recommended Books
109 books — 195 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,531 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Best Children's Historical Fiction
827 books — 829 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,663 books — 12,164 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best for Book Clubs
14,622 books — 18,462 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleHoles by Louis SacharNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Newbery Medal Winner Books
104 books — 373 voters


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