The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,593 books — 16,866 voters
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori
Best Josei - Manga
142 books — 427 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Burning by Jane Casey
Female Detective Series
169 books — 120 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
4,157 books — 27,061 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 — 1,386 voters

The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat HanhHardcore Zen by Brad Warner
Insightful Zen Buddhism Books
165 books — 140 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Books White People Need to Read
1,528 books — 1,958 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
266 books — 72 voters
Missoula by Jon KrakauerThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonNot That Bad by Roxane Gay
Books About Rape and Rape Culture
439 books — 195 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
1,591 books — 1,157 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
3,079 books — 4,521 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Best Feminist Fiction
1,543 books — 2,807 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
3,516 books — 4,121 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
946 books — 1,240 voters