Bird Box by Josh Malerman’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyRosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Best Horror Novels
2,107 books — 5,488 voters
Will by Will  SmithThe Night Tiger by Yangsze ChooThe Hunger by Alma KatsuIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Have a physical copy on the shelf
601 books — 13 voters

You & a Bike & a Road by Eleanor Davis
Best Comics and Graphic Novels of 2017
111 books — 11 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeMoloka'i by Alan BrennertMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Best Historical Fiction
7,811 books — 26,045 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best historical fiction novels
1,223 books — 1,029 voters
Peanuts Be More Snoopy by Nat GertlerHear My Voice/Escucha mi voz by Warren Binford
Best Kids Books for Adults to Read
57 books — 11 voters

Broken by Jenny  Lawson
Best Books of 2021
1,437 books — 1,622 voters
Bird Box by Josh MalermanUzumaki by Junji Ito
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
492 books — 1,256 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahFuriously Happy by Jenny  LawsonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiOn Writing by Stephen  King
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,097 books — 1,465 voters
They Called Us Enemy by George TakeiTown of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Fumiyo KounoDonner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale
History through graphic novels
618 books — 496 voters

Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg
I Love New York City
608 books — 357 voters
Quicksand by Nella Larsen
The Harlem Renaissance
142 books — 73 voters

Age of Myth by Michael J. SullivanA Wrinkle in Time Trilogy by Madeleine L'Engle
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,699 books — 18,897 voters
The Institute by Stephen  KingCome Closer by Sara GranShantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Need to Be Made Into Movies!
154 books — 57 voters

Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul NeilanHELP! A Bear is Eating Me! by Mykle HansenX-It by Jane GeorgeWe Got Zombies on the Lawn Again, Ma by Donnie  SmithThe Maid's Tale by Tom Quinn
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 790 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
6,135 books — 4,761 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie Wiesel
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,174 books — 2,026 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Gunslinger by Stephen  King
Most Interesting World
8,161 books — 4,881 voters

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa SeeFairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm by Philip PullmanThe Starlet and the Spy by Ji-min LeeInto the Planet by Jill HeinerthJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Beautiful, Stunning Book Covers
297 books — 76 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite books from my childhood
4,487 books — 7,655 voters

HELP! A Bear is Eating Me! by Mykle HansenSmashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle
Bizarro/Humor Books
149 books — 115 voters
Queenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteFoe by Iain ReidThe Cabin at the End of the World by Paul TremblayChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Really Wanna Read in 2019
67 books — 26 voters

The Shining by Stephen  King
Ghost Stories
1,507 books — 1,967 voters

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinDumplin' by Julie   MurphyOrphans of the Carnival by Carol BirchEnrique's Journey by Sonia NazarioThe Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
What We've Read So Far in 2017
7,101 books — 876 voters
Jubilee Trail by Gwen BristowKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainX by Ilyasah ShabazzA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahAge of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan
What We've Read So Far in 2018
6,491 books — 720 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Favorite Standalone Fantasy Novels
135 books — 142 voters
Furiously Happy by Jenny  LawsonLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  LawsonDark Matter by Blake CrouchOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckEileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
What We've Read So Far in 2019
6,531 books — 662 voters


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