Ship of Magic by Robin HobbThrone of Jade by Naomi Novik
Nautical Tales
745 books — 399 voters
Bird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Writer's Journey by Christopher VoglerSteering the Craft by Ursula K. Le GuinWriting Fiction for Dummies by Randy Ingermanson
Best Books on Writing
797 books — 1,327 voters

The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,256 voters
Graceling by Kristin CashoreHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesTrickster's Choice by Tamora PierceIn the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora PierceThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,449 books — 18,201 voters

Graceling by Kristin CashoreHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesAlanna by Tamora PierceStardust by Neil GaimanAssassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Magic, Adventure, Romance
2,343 books — 5,132 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareThe Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
Books Set in Scotland
1,000 books — 666 voters

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Black History Month
552 books — 492 voters
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood AliA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean CoveyGeneration Green by Linda SivertsenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
YA Nonfiction Books
231 books — 80 voters

Queen of the World! by Jennifer L. HolmMeanwhile by Jason ShigaThe Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav PilkeyThe Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 1 by HergéThe Arrival by Shaun Tan
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1,450 books — 1,795 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaThe Arrival by Shaun Tan
Best Graphic Novels
3,449 books — 6,766 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Lorax by Dr. SeussMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Best Picture Books
3,078 books — 1,979 voters
Silk Umbrellas by Carolyn MarsdenThe Umbrella Queen by Shirin Yim BridgesHush! A Thai Lullaby by Minfong HoTotto-chan by Tetsuko KuroyanagiTua and the Elephant by R.P. Harris
Read Around the World
92 books — 55 voters

The Invisible Hook by Peter T. Leeson
Best Economics Books
450 books — 520 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,430 books — 1,551 voters

Carrion Floating By by ชาติ กอบจิตติLetters from Thailand by Botan
One Night in Bangkok....
57 books — 70 voters
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikDragonflight by Anne McCaffreyThrone of Jade by Naomi NovikThe Neverending Story by Michael EndePuff, the Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow
Dragons
1,783 books — 2,537 voters

Peter Pan by J.M. BarrieMary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Olympics Opening Ceremony Books
41 books — 265 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMiddlemarch by George Eliot
Project Gutenberg
619 books — 115 voters

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienRabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaWatership Down by Richard  Adams
Long Journey on Foot
310 books — 178 voters
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
816 books — 404 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezZorro by Isabel AllendeThe Lacuna by kingsolver-barbara
Historical Fiction set in Latin America
160 books — 140 voters
Journey to the River Sea by Eva IbbotsonThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Rivers
903 books — 195 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,418 books — 119,725 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Odyssey by HomerThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisMaster & Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Boat Books
771 books — 500 voters

The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
Beauty and the Beast
701 books — 1,943 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Beach by Alex Garland
Down by the Sea
742 books — 560 voters
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Đặng Thùy Trâm
Best Books on Vietnam
210 books — 175 voters


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