Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesA Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Best Books of 2020
1,566 books — 1,938 voters
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
Best Books of 2021
1,436 books — 1,620 voters

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaThe Three Little Pigs by Steven Kellogg
Picture Books About Pigs
259 books — 114 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie PopeCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Best Chapter Books to Read Out Loud
792 books — 838 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Trippy Books
850 books — 905 voters
Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley
Can't Wait Books of 2016
1,358 books — 6,385 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeSmall Gods by Terry Pratchett
Best Humorous Books
4,350 books — 7,960 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEmma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,852 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Modern Gothic
719 books — 1,375 voters
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Quirky Dark Novels
133 books — 175 voters

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Zombies!
1,671 books — 4,324 voters
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
TO DIE FOR 2000 - 2015 STAND-ALONES
1,978 books — 5,351 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
614 books — 1,635 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanNight by Elie WieselEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Best History Books
3,757 books — 3,791 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesWolf Hall by Hilary MantelMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,684 books — 3,613 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe King Must Die by Mary Renault
Literary Historical Fiction
1,141 books — 1,089 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Love/Hate Relationships
808 books — 1,421 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Unhappy Marriages
486 books — 289 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Richard III and The War of the Roses
64 books — 43 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Princess Diaries by Meg CabotDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,098 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Mystery
2,115 books — 4,574 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Literary Mysteries
2,574 books — 4,652 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaHamlet by William ShakespeareDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Existential Fiction
452 books — 772 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisAdventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Boat Books
772 books — 501 voters


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