And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam  JohnsonThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckPavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck
Best Books About China
747 books — 587 voters

The Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganWhose Names Are Unknown by Sanora BabbThe Innocent Man by John GrishamThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonKind of Kin by Rilla Askew
Books Set in Oklahoma
316 books — 112 voters
A Question of Honor by Charles Todd
New 2013-14 Mysteries to Snuggle Up With
219 books — 127 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniFinding Nouf by Zoë FerrarisThe Monster of Florence by Douglas PrestonThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Around the World in Books
242 books — 53 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniKabul Beauty School by Deborah RodriguezThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne SeierstadPrincess by Jean Sasson
Afghanistan in Literature
220 books — 263 voters

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Books I Regret Reading
2,299 books — 3,225 voters
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Polygamist Cults
26 books — 72 voters

The Blood of Flowers by Anita AmirrezvaniReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiNot Without My Daughter by Betty MahmoodyThe Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia SoferA Bitter Veil by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Iran and Iraq, Ancient and Modern
482 books — 196 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
New England Books
793 books — 388 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett
Ken Follett Novels
29 books — 192 voters
The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean MayhewShanghai Girls by Lisa See
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,443 books — 2,376 voters

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,768 books — 1,647 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters