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Gulliver's Fugitives by Keith ShareeAliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett SmithHope for the Best by Jodi TaylorAn Oblique Approach by David DrakeHybrids by Robert J. Sawyer
Best Science Fiction on Goodreads with between 1000 and 9999 ratings
2,182 books — 112 voters
Loveable by Amber RaeAccidentally on Purpose by Kristen KishSelf-Sabotage by Jeffery SelfBase Notes by Adelle StripeThe 10 by E.A. Hanks
Memoirs Published in Year: 2025
312 books — 122 voters

The Oxford Handbook of Greek Cities in the Roman Empire by Anna HellerConquering the North by John ManEric Bloodaxe The Viking by John SadlerThe Four Georges by Jeremy BlackInside the President's Team by Bob Barrett
History Published in Year: 2025
344 books — 48 voters
Myths of Geography by Paul RichardsonThe War Economy of the Roman Republic (406-100 BCE) by Fabrizio BiglinoIngenious by Richard MunsonFrom Byzantium to Constantinople by John MatthewsAll His Spies by Stephen Alford
History Published in Year: 2024
747 books — 118 voters

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongThe Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley HellerThe Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana ZapataWallbanger by Alice ClaytonOne Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Books with ratings from 200,000 to 500,000
1,053 books — 150 voters
Books with ratings from 80 thousand to 90 thousand
274 books — 34 voters

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie BenjaminQueen of Sorcery by David Eddings
Books with Ratings from 70,000 - 80,000
231 books — 21 voters
Courage Under Fire by Steven A. SundAnne Boleyn & Elizabeth I by Tracy BormanEconomic Prehistory by Gregory K DowArmies of Anglo-Saxon England 410–1066 by Gabriele EspositoEleanor of Aquitaine, as It Was Said by Karen Sullivan
History Published in Year: 2023
698 books — 74 voters

Untenable by Jack CashillGhosts of the Orphanage by Christine KenneallyGenerations by Jean M. TwengeThe Undertow by Jeff SharletThe Overlooked Americans by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2023
1,349 books — 146 voters
Caged by Brandon Dean LamsonWalking with Sam by Andrew McCarthyLove Across Borders by Anna Lekas MillerMy Hijacking by Martha HodesThe Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland
Memoirs Published in Year: 2023
454 books — 146 voters

The United States vs. China by C. Fred BergstenGrowth for Good by Alessio TerziButler to the World by Oliver BulloughSlouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLongThe Anti-Oligarchy Constitution by Joseph Fishkin
Economics Published in Decade: 2020s
256 books — 27 voters
Losing Afghanistan by Brian BrivatiThe Rohingya Crisis by Nasir UddinWe Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'TooleWhy White Liberals Fail by Anthony J. BadgerPaths of Dissent by Andrew J. Bacevich
Politics Published in Year: 2022
528 books — 41 voters

A Materials Science Guide to Superconductors by Susannah SpellerA Sense of Self by Veronica O'KeaneThe History of the Computer by Rachel IgnotofskyBeyond Rationality by Alex MintzBi by Julia Shaw
Science Published in Year: 2022
315 books — 54 voters
One Hundred Books Famous in Typography by Jerry KellyArrival Stories by Amy SchumerRegenesis by George MonbiotThe Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul NewmanThe Art of Whisky by Ernie Button
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2022
1,133 books — 182 voters

Prepared for the Worst by Christopher HitchensThe Marvellous Land of Snergs by E.A. Wyke-Smith
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,202 books — 807 voters
The Price of Power by Seymour M. HershThat's Me in the Middle by Donald JackCourse of Theoretical Physics by L.D. Landau
Books with an Average Rating of 4.0 and above, 100 to 999 ratings, published before 2001
1,110 books — 20 voters

Gopal and the Cowherd by Gayatri Madan DuttMemoir and Remains of R.M. M'Cheyne by Andrew A. Bonar
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.5 and above and With At Least 100 Ratings
1,896 books — 2,746 voters
Essential System Administration by Æleen FrischSmalltalk 80 by Adele GoldbergUsing Drupal by Angela ByronKill All Normies by Angela NagleEmmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido
IT books by Female Authors
94 books — 17 voters

Accelerate by Nicole ForsgrenWindows Internals, Part 1 by Mark E. RussinovichSoft Skills by John SonmezKotlin in Action by Dmitry JemerovFunctional and Reactive Domain Modeling by Debasish Ghosh
Computer Science Books of the 2010s and 2020s
218 books — 35 voters
Black Butler I by Yana TobosoFallen Crest High by Tijan
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.0 and above and With At Least 30,000 Ratings
2,379 books — 96 voters

A History of the Global Economy by Joerg BatenLondon Under by Peter AckroydMethods in Behavioral Research by Paul C. CozbyRussell by A.C. GraylingJacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
Most Excellent Books
226 books — 6 voters
An Evil Guest by Gene WolfeThe Silver Branch by Patricia Kennealy-MorrisonThe Awakeners by Sheri S. TepperThe Age of Chivalry by Thomas BulfinchBride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 100 and 999 ratings
1,599 books — 130 voters

Fruits Basket, Vol. 5 by Natsuki TakayaJaya by Devdutt PattanaikThe Left Hand of God by Paul HoffmanZita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 10000 and 24999 ratings
2,111 books — 108 voters
Osama by Lavie TidharThe White Raven by Diana L. PaxsonSwords of the Legion by Harry TurtledoveElfland by Freda WarringtonAsh by Mary Gentle
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 1000 and 9999 ratings
4,048 books — 173 voters