The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,953 voters
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori
Best Josei - Manga
144 books — 421 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Burning by Jane Casey
Female Detective Series
159 books — 83 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
3,855 books — 26,116 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
1,494 books — 1,365 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
1,360 books — 1,600 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
262 books — 71 voters
Missoula by Jon KrakauerThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonNot That Bad by Roxane Gay
Books About Rape and Rape Culture
437 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
1,315 books — 741 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
2,674 books — 3,631 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Best Feminist Fiction
1,502 books — 2,672 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
3,079 books — 3,051 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
903 books — 1,182 voters