Crossing the Line by Tia  FisherHappyHead by Josh  SilverBoy Like Me by Simon James GreenElectric Life by Rachel DelahayeSteady For This by Nathanael Lessore
UKYA in 2023
64 books — 24 voters
Crossing the Line by Tia  FisherSafiyyah’s War by Hiba Noor KhanThe Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph CoelhoRavencave by Marcus SedgwickGreenwild by Pari Thomson
Carnegie Longlist 2024
19 books — 5 voters

The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. CarrickThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackShadow and Bone by Leigh BardugoThe Golem and the Djinni by Helene WeckerThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Shadecast Recommendations
100 books — 4 voters
Babel by R.F. KuangDeath in the Spires by K.J. CharlesThe Bookseller's Tale by Ann SwinfenBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe Lessons by Naomi Alderman
Oxford
69 books — 32 voters

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi LeeJade Legacy by Fonda LeeThe Mask of Mirrors by M.A. CarrickRule of Wolves by Leigh BardugoAristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Best Books of 2021
1,438 books — 1,620 voters
I Must Betray You by Ruta SepetysBabel by R.F. KuangThe Will of the Many by James IslingtonFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,952 books — 5,471 voters

The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenDon't Let the Forest In by C.G. DrewsUprooted by Naomi NovikAn Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret  Rogerson
Magical Forest
68 books — 23 voters
The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoThe Raven Scholar by Antonia HodgsonCrawe! Corvids of the Anglo-Celtic Isles and their Folklore by K.S. WhittleAn Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret  Rogerson
Raven & Crow
247 books — 80 voters

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackThe Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanThe Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith
Best Books about Faeries
462 books — 538 voters
The Resurrectionist by A. Rae DunlapRemembrance by Theresa BreslinHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikInk & Sigil by Kevin HearneThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Books Set in Scotland
984 books — 670 voters

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenSpinning Silver by Naomi NovikUprooted by Naomi NovikDeathless by Catherynne M. ValenteWhat Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch
Eastern European Fantasy.
157 books — 32 voters

Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. BonninOathbound by Tracy DeonnWhat Wakes the Bells by Elle TeschSunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
YA Releases of March 2025
40 books — 18 voters
Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. BonninBabel by R.F. KuangThe Secret History by Donna TarttNinth House by Leigh BardugoIf We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Dark Academia Reading List
13 books — 8 voters

Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. BonninA Language of Dragons by S.F. WilliamsonKatabasis by R.F. KuangA Mastery of Monsters by Liselle SamburyNightshade by Autumn  Woods
2025 Dark Academia Releases
70 books — 35 voters
Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. BonninA Language of Dragons by S.F. WilliamsonHazelthorn by C.G. DrewsOathbound by Tracy DeonnThe Raven Boys by Stephanie    Williams
YA Novels of 2025
595 books — 563 voters

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie BrennanA Language of Dragons by S.F. WilliamsonThe Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanUprooted by Naomi NovikThe Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Dragons
1,793 books — 2,547 voters