Seven Rivers by Vanessa TaylorMedicine River by Mary Annette PemberBetween Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-RashidAn African History of Africa by Zeinab BadawiGhost Nation by Chris Horton
History Published in Year: 2025
326 books — 40 voters
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelA Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie IrwinBook Lovers by Emily HenryBlack Cake by Charmaine WilkersonWahala by Nikki May
Best Books of 2022
1,547 books — 1,852 voters

Tough by Terry CrewsMiss Me With That by Rachel   LindsayWe Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
Memoir Published in Year: 2022
304 books — 106 voters
Jane Steele by Lyndsay FayeThe Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie BenjaminThe Muse by Jessie Burton
Historical Fiction 2016
340 books — 878 voters

Necessity by Jo WaltonUnderground Airlines by Ben H. Winters
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2016
432 books — 1,812 voters
Epitaph by Mary Doria RussellThe Last Queen of India by Michelle    Moran
Historical Fiction 2015
397 books — 2,091 voters

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana PeterfreundBridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Jane Austen Retellings
348 books — 304 voters
The Rook by Daniel O'MalleyAlif the Unseen by G. Willow WilsonRedshirts by John ScalziFor Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana PeterfreundUnraveling by Elizabeth Norris
Best Books of 2012
3,521 books — 9,203 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardAcademy 7 by Anne OsterlundOf Swords and Spells by Delia Marshall TurnerA Long, Long Sleep by Anna SheehanThe Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Young Adult Sci Fi (NOT Dystopian!)
80 books — 81 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardAcademy 7 by Anne OsterlundAcross the Universe by Beth RevisOf Swords and Spells by Delia Marshall TurnerA Million Suns by Beth Revis
Teenagers . . . IN SPACE!
472 books — 732 voters

After the Golden Age by Carrie VaughnThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittAcross the Universe by Beth RevisBossypants by Tina FeyRed Glove by Holly Black
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,705 voters
Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu GuoBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeEmpire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,538 voters

After the Golden Age by Carrie VaughnWatchmen by Alan             MooreBeing Jamie Baker by Kelly Oram
Superhero Fiction
841 books — 1,226 voters
Archangel by Sharon Shinn
Books with Angels, Gods, or Demons
2,315 books — 3,419 voters

Of Swords and Spells by Delia Marshall TurnerDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Robotics Books
60 books — 52 voters
Bloodborn by Karen Kincy
YA Novels of 2011
1,117 books — 6,648 voters

Room by Emma DonoghueMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonLinger by Maggie StiefvaterThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David  MitchellAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,471 voters
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieTwenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo
Best Books About China
744 books — 585 voters

Give Up the Ghost by Megan CreweThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodIf I Stay by Gayle FormanCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,934 voters
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon ShinnGive Up the Ghost by Megan CreweSaving Francesca by Melina MarchettaElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
CLEAN Romance Books
2,846 books — 2,033 voters

Stardust by Neil GaimanDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Brief History of the Dead by Kevin BrockmeierWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Book Cover Art
12,384 books — 7,094 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradAfrica by John Reader
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,759 books — 1,638 voters
Magician's Ward by Patricia C. WredeThe Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie PopeWildwood Dancing by Juliet MarillierCybele's Secret by Juliet MarillierThe Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
YA Historical Fantasy
315 books — 424 voters

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 854 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,502 voters


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