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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Best Canadian Literature
2,343 books — 1,156 voters
102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFedeLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
9/11 Related
280 books — 254 voters

The World According to Garp by John IrvingFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,446 books — 2,411 voters
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkTrauma and Recovery by Judith Lewis HermanCoping with Trauma-Related Dissociation by Onno van der HartThe Polyvagal Theory in Therapy by Deb DanaIn an Unspoken Voice by Peter A. Levine
Trauma Professionals Book List
122 books — 68 voters

Figuring by Maria PopovaWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Rape by Sohaila AbdulaliLessons From Lucy by Dave BarryThe Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. GraffWhat Do We Need Men For? by E. Jean Carroll
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2019
401 books — 91 voters
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria RilkeThe Waste Land by T.S. EliotHymns to the Night by NovalisFour Quartets by T.S. EliotRilke's Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke
Best Poetry Collections of the 20th Century
118 books — 10 voters

A Grief Observed by C.S. LewisIt's OK That You're Not OK by Megan DevineNotes for the Everlost by Kate InglisKayak Morning by Roger Rosenblatt
Classic Books on Grief
16 books — 12 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLily and the Octopus by Steven RowleyMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Fiction About Longing
91 books — 36 voters

The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke HarrisLost Connections by Johann HariTrauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy by David EmersonIn an Unspoken Voice by Peter A. LevineHealing Developmental Trauma by Laurence Heller
ACEs too high& Resiliency
40 books — 19 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,844 voters

I Heard God Laughing by HafezUnseen Rain by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiThe Hand of Poetry by Coleman BarksThe Drunken Universe by Peter Lamborn WilsonRumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
Medieval Persian Philosopher-Poets: Rumi, Hāfez, Omar Khayyám and ‘Attār of Nishapur
112 books — 103 voters
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonA Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony MarraThe Dinner by Herman KochThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 817 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakSophie's Choice by William StyronThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenWar and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
WWII Historic Fiction
1,523 books — 1,620 voters
Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisA Grief Observed by C.S. LewisThe Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich BonhoefferBonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas
Must Read Books for the Thinking Christian
1,262 books — 828 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Birth House by Ami McKay
Canadian Fiction
1,042 books — 605 voters
Benediction by Kent Haruf
2013: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
2,622 books — 326 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique BaubyAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
Medicine and Literature
2,012 books — 2,275 voters
The Winds of War by Herman WoukThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroA Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
417 books — 460 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegSnow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Best Literary Mysteries
2,684 books — 5,102 voters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Round House by Louise ErdrichBehind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine BooFar from the Tree by Andrew SolomonFlight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 505 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldBel Canto by Ann PatchettCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,843 books — 22,459 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeEvery Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
World War II Fiction
1,489 books — 2,227 voters

Healing Developmental Trauma by Laurence HellerRhythms of Recovery by Leslie E. KornThe Trauma Spectrum by Robert C. ScaerThe Round House by Louise ErdrichMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Trauma Wisdom
371 books — 267 voters