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
909 books — 366 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard AtwaterHercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Best Books 1938
85 books — 37 voters

Evil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieNative Son by Richard WrightSad Cypress by Agatha Christie
Best books 1940
51 books — 33 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettMigrations by Charlotte McConaghyEight Perfect Murders by Peter  SwansonThe Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Best Books of 2020
1,564 books — 1,936 voters

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Best Books of 2018
1,651 books — 2,958 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
1,632 books — 6,784 voters

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Books of 2000
605 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
93 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
1,737 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
1,769 books — 6,938 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 — 1,963 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books Ever
75,535 books — 280,677 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
31,371 books — 119,321 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
338 books — 851 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
640 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