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
912 books — 367 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard AtwaterHercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Best Books 1938
88 books — 39 voters
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieNative Son by Richard WrightSad Cypress by Agatha Christie
Best books 1940
51 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
1,567 books — 1,942 voters
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Best Books of 2018
1,655 books — 2,957 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
1,643 books — 6,776 voters
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Books of 2000
607 books — 320 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
1,734 books — 3,083 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
1,764 books — 6,931 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
1,389 books — 1,960 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books Ever
77,040 books — 286,726 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
31,993 books — 121,443 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
342 books — 855 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
642 books — 807 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
51 books — 17 voters