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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThe Antidote by Karen RussellIsola by Allegra Goodman
Anticipated Literary Fiction 2025
343 books — 146 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesBehind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine BooThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
NYT The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
121 books — 287 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Books by Black Authors
918 books — 369 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard AtwaterHercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Best Books 1938
89 books — 40 voters

Evil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieNative Son by Richard WrightSad Cypress by Agatha Christie
Best books 1940
54 books — 35 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettMigrations by Charlotte McConaghyEight Perfect Murders by Peter SwansonThe Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Best Books of 2020
1,592 books — 1,948 voters

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Best Books of 2018
1,650 books — 2,959 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksChains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Books of 2008
1,647 books — 6,768 voters

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of 2000
615 books — 319 voters
The Night of the Hunter by Davis GrubbWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Penguin Modern Classics: Crime & Espionage
31 books — 7 voters

Ferris by Kate DiCamilloMagnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel MillerOrris and Timble by Kate DiCamilloEnigma Girls by Candace FlemingThe Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys
2025 Mock Newbery List
94 books — 75 voters
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgIn Farleigh Field by Rhys BowenWe Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia HunterBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Best Books of 2017
1,732 books — 3,080 voters

Half Broke Horses by Jeannette WallsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca SteadAmong the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
Best Books of 2009
1,771 books — 6,926 voters
The Dutch House by Ann PatchettThis Tender Land by William Kent KruegerThe Lost Girls of Paris by Pam JenoffLost Roses by Martha Hall KellyThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Best Books of 2019
1,442 books — 1,956 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
1,005 books — 1,031 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books Ever
78,993 books — 294,143 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,664 voters
The Address by Fiona DavisIn This Grave Hour by Jacqueline WinspearMiss Kopp's Midnight Confessions by Amy StewartWe Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia HunterIn Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
Historical Fiction 2017
357 books — 873 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Books About Bookstores
654 books — 810 voters
The Grell Mystery by Frank FroestThe Mystery at Stowe by Vernon LoderThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieThe Mystery of the Skeleton Key by Bernard Capes
The Detective Club
56 books — 27 voters