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The Notebook by Roland Allen
You Read a Book about What?
4,161 books — 2,524 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinBinti by Nnedi OkoraforChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
African American Science Fiction
263 books — 218 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Afrofuturism
199 books — 135 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodKindred by Octavia E. ButlerContact by Carl Sagan
Feminist Science Fiction Books
241 books — 414 voters

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Books White People Need to Read
1,450 books — 1,815 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirSeveneves by Neal Stephenson
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
229 books — 1,590 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,200 books — 9,117 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodDawn by Octavia E. ButlerOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,725 books — 1,574 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
459 books — 978 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,408 books — 8,624 voters

The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
1,024 books — 828 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Passage by Justin CroninThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,294 books — 3,491 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Greatest New Adult Fantasy Books/Series Since 2005
86 books — 149 voters
John Adams by David McCullough
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
471 books — 530 voters

John Adams by David McCullough
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
122 books — 204 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,233 books — 15,907 voters

World War Z by Max Brooks
Zombies!
1,708 books — 4,368 voters
What Is the What by Dave EggersWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip GourevitchBorn Free by Joy Adamson
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,892 books — 1,775 voters

Memories of the Afterlife by Michael NewtonThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Best Spiritual Books
1,603 books — 1,587 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanNight Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,345 books — 12,845 voters

The Passage by Justin Cronin
Most anticipated books of 2010
103 books — 362 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
This Is the End...
1,016 books — 1,606 voters

The Stand by Stephen King
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of 2009
1,771 books — 6,926 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughA History of Russia by Nicholas V. RiasanovskyBabi Yar by Anatoly KuznetsovApril 1865 by Jay Winik
Best History Books
4,048 books — 4,629 voters
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Rooting for the Bad Guy
686 books — 1,480 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Twilight Collection by Stephenie Meyer
Nope, I ain't gonna read this crap, and I don't care that I can't follow mainstream conversations because of it.
214 books — 123 voters
Night by Elie WieselThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,425 books — 5,045 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanFull Frontal Feminism by Jessica ValentiThe Bitch in the House by Cathi HanauerMy Secret Garden by Nancy Friday
Best Feminist Books
2,944 books — 4,273 voters
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal RinpocheYoga for Wellness by Gary Kraftsow
Healing Care Resources
277 books — 297 voters


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