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Outlander by Diana GabaldonMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,680 books — 3,229 voters
Bloodsinger by Juliette Cross
Romantasy TBR 2026
170 books — 253 voters

Alchemised by SenLinYuEmily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Romantasy TBR 2025
208 books — 335 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books about Books and Libraries
840 books — 414 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel
Best History Books
4,001 books — 4,435 voters
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksBrain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,242 books — 2,556 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best for Book Clubs
15,417 books — 19,794 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois Lowry1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyWool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,012 books — 26,697 voters

The Institute by Stephen KingThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónI Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline HarpmanFrom Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. ArmentroutThe Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,567 books — 70,085 voters
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,300 books — 11,656 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Audio Narration
1,590 books — 1,089 voters
First They Killed My Father by Loung UngInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerNight by Elie WieselBrain on Fire by Susannah CahalanA Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,518 books — 7,753 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Historical Fiction
7,989 books — 26,574 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingRoom by Emma DonoghueA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,749 books — 14,423 voters

Waiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,201 books — 1,518 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
915 books — 1,261 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelNight by Elie WieselOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,874 books — 49,842 voters
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline HarpmanWho Moved My Cheese? by Spencer JohnsonA River in Darkness by Masaji IshikawaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónEverything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,607 books — 6,131 voters