The Lords of Creation by Frederick Lewis AllenBlowback by Christopher SimpsonThe Phoenix Program by Douglas ValentineThe Search for an Abortionist by Nancy Howell LeeDu Pont Dynasty by Gerard Colby
Forbidden Bookshelf
23 books — 20 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 books — 430 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best by African Authors
407 books — 222 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsKintu by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
East Africa
251 books — 98 voters

Same Old Truths by Delora DennisThe Green Reaper by Elizabeth FournierDéjà Dead by Kathy ReichsThe Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillThe Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
Death becomes him or her
128 books — 43 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusPompeii by Robert   Harris
Best Books About Ancient Rome
739 books — 1,086 voters

Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingUnearthly by Cynthia Hand
Most Shocking Twist
173 books — 135 voters
The Opportunist by Tarryn FisherUna historia de ayer by Sergio CoboThe Sea of Tranquility by Katja MillayReason to Breathe by Rebecca    DonovanThoughtless by S.C. Stephens
Best Books You've Never Heard of....
1,319 books — 1,968 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
731 books — 477 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryPerfume by Patrick SüskindLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of 1985
336 books — 216 voters


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