Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLeurs enfants après eux by Nicolas Mathieu
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,381 books — 1,169 voters
The Water Cure by Sophie MackintoshSisters by Daisy JohnsonHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Half Sister by Sandie JonesIn the Woods by Tana French
Sinister Sisters
21 books — 7 voters

Bonjour tristesse by Françoise SaganBilly Budd, Sailor by Herman MelvilleKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannGo Tell It on the Mountain by James BaldwinAmerican Indian Stories by Zitkála-Šá
OE Original Book Club
49 books — 2 voters
Little Eyes by Samanta SchweblinThe Pull of the Stars by Emma DonoghueThe All-Night Sun by Diane ZinnaThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettA Burning by Megha Majumdar
OE New & Noteworthy Book Club
14 books — 4 voters

White Ivy by Susie YangRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Star-Crossed Lovers
166 books — 156 voters

One Two Three Four by Craig  Brown
Best Books about The Beatles
189 books — 57 voters
The Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesThe All-Night Sun by Diane ZinnaSisters by Daisy JohnsonBoy Parts by Eliza  Clark
Psychological Thrillers and Breakdowns
243 books — 219 voters

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen ArnettPride of Eden by Taylor  BrownA Land Remembered by Patrick D. SmithThe Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsCross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Best Books Set in or About Florida
827 books — 351 voters
A Deadly Education by Naomi NovikNinth House by Leigh BardugoRabbits for Food by Binnie KirshenbaumMagic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Dark Academia
373 books — 1,503 voters

Honestly, We Meant Well by Grant GinderThe Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
Beach Books
108 books — 111 voters
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me by Jason B. RosenthalThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziFresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
Books that make my heart hurt
952 books — 688 voters

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma and Abuse Reading List
214 books — 121 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
The Best Epic Love Stories
626 books — 989 voters
White Ivy by Susie YangHench by Natalie Zina WalschotsA Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Rooting for the Bad Guy
689 books — 1,472 voters

Fable by Adrienne YoungNamesake by Adrienne Young
Ginger: Redheaded Heroine in Romance
232 books — 107 voters
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiThe Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun KimThe Exiles by Christina Baker KlineJudy Moody, M.D. by Megan McDonaldThe Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Many Generations, Many Women
56 books — 28 voters

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellA Philosophy of Ruin by Nicholas MancusiHonestly, We Meant Well by Grant GinderTampa by Alissa NuttingEverything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Student-Teacher Affair Novels
390 books — 1,797 voters

Hamnet by Maggie O'FarrellSin Eater by Megan Campisi
Elizabethan England Who
20 books — 6 voters
The Siege of Troy by Theodor KallifatidesA Woman of No Importance by Sonia PurnellThe Plateau by Maggie PaxsonSudden Courage by Ronald C. RosbottomThe Girl with the Leica by Helena Janeczek
OE WWII Favourites
80 books — 13 voters

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziThe Henna Wars by Adiba JaigirdarGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoMostly Dead Things by Kristen ArnettFind Me by André Aciman
OE LGBTQ+ Fiction
34 books — 20 voters