The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,439 books — 16,315 voters
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori
Best Josei - Manga
144 books — 422 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Burning by Jane Casey
Female Detective Series
163 books — 88 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Stand by Stephen  KingNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,982 books — 26,535 voters

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Best Books by Muslim Women
287 books — 409 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelSkim by Mariko TamakiTomboy by Liz PrinceThe Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,499 books — 1,369 voters

The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat HanhHardcore Zen by Brad Warner
Insightful Zen Buddhism Books
159 books — 135 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Books White People Need to Read
1,389 books — 1,660 voters

A False Report by T. Christian MillerThis Will Be My Undoing by Morgan JerkinsWhen They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Feminist interest 2018
264 books — 73 voters
Missoula by Jon KrakauerThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonNot That Bad by Roxane Gay
Books About Rape and Rape Culture
438 books — 193 voters

The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermidThe Boy in the Suitcase by Lene KaaberbølBirds of a Feather by Jacqueline WinspearMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers
1,337 books — 854 voters
Herland by Charlotte Perkins GilmanHow to Be a Woman by Caitlin MoranThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonSCUM Manifesto by Valerie SolanasThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. Moraga
Best Feminist Books
2,804 books — 3,759 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Best Feminist Fiction
1,519 books — 2,683 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerThe Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Memoirs by Women
3,227 books — 3,294 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat HanhHardcore Zen by Brad WarnerRadical Acceptance by Tara Brach
A Buddhist Reading List
922 books — 1,196 voters