The Round House by Louise ErdrichThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesThere There by Tommy OrangeThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
Native American Fiction
838 books — 641 voters

James by Percival EverettPlayground by Richard Powers
Booker Prize 2024 Longlist
13 books — 36 voters
Ripe by Sarah Rose EtterSlow Days, Fast Company by Eve BabitzEveryone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. AustinThe Book of X by Sarah Rose EtterHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
women vs the void
234 books — 585 voters

The Shepherd's Hut by Tim WintonCloudstreet by Tim WintonBreath by Tim WintonThe Turning by Tim WintonEucalyptus by Murray Bail
Best Modern Australian Literature
562 books — 670 voters
Auē by Becky ManawatuThe Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonGood Keen Man by Barry CrumpWild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump
Books By New Zealand Authors
874 books — 367 voters

The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage
Best Westerns
1,381 books — 1,506 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesThe Street by Ann PetryManchild in the Promised Land by Claude  BrownTwelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Black History Month
553 books — 492 voters

If Beale Street Could Talk by James BaldwinThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Street by Ann PetryBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,139 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockWhere All Light Tends to Go by David    JoyFourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson
Country Noir
345 books — 310 voters
Replay by Ken Grimwood11/22/63 by Stephen  KingThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanTime's Arrow by Martin Amis
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
821 books — 1,695 voters

Knockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockClose Range by Annie ProulxThe Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories by Carson McCullersTales of the Unexpected by Roald DahlTales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Collections of Short Stories
2,896 books — 2,040 voters
Neuromancer by William GibsonThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroCloud Atlas by David  MitchellThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,319 books — 5,846 voters

Under the Skin by Michel FaberCrash by J.G. BallardAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,324 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickNeuromancer by William GibsonReady Player One by Ernest ClineWool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Best Science Fiction
3,653 books — 6,983 voters

American Pastoral by Philip RothPortnoy’s Complaint by Philip RothI Married a Communist by Philip RothThe Plot Against America by Philip RothEveryman by Philip Roth
Best Philip Roth Books
32 books — 104 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistrySea of Poppies by Amitav GhoshFamily Matters by Rohinton MistrySuch a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,423 voters

Neuromancer by William Gibson1984 by George OrwellThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,436 books — 24,676 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Sea by John BanvilleTrue History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,987 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Pulitzer Prize Finalists
81 books — 103 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
History of the Universe and Earth
149 books — 75 voters