The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
76,993 books — 286,503 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy WeirOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,260 books — 9,066 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
4,007 books — 5,184 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,722 books — 7,138 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
2,121 books — 4,591 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,691 books — 3,619 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,448 books — 2,379 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,501 books — 25,711 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleOne For The Money by Janet EvanovichOpen Season by C.J. BoxA Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
Favorite Mystery Series
420 books — 137 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,368 books — 1,943 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaEducated by Tara WestoverWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
What We've Read So Far in 2019
6,522 books — 643 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,853 books — 22,123 voters


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