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City of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertAsk Again, Yes by Mary Beth KeaneRecursion by Blake CrouchDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Best Books of 2019
1,442 books — 1,956 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteAn American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The 2019 Tournament of Books Longlist
76 books — 431 voters

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Lost Man by Jane HarperBefore She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
Most Anticipated Books of 2019 Not From a Series
340 books — 510 voters
The Great Alone by Kristin HannahWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensAn American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Best Books of 2018
1,650 books — 2,959 voters

The Lido by Libby Page
Best Up Lit (uplifting reads)
128 books — 89 voters
Us Against You by Fredrik BackmanThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahWhite Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
2018 Most Anticipated Releases -No YA
563 books — 941 voters

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Kind Worth Killing by Peter SwansonThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
6,204 books — 1,529 voters
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Great Chinese Historical Fiction
224 books — 281 voters

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanBritt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik BackmanBeartown by Fredrik BackmanAnd Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
Best of Fredrik Backman
13 books — 47 voters
On Writing by Stephen King
Best Nonfiction Audio Books
448 books — 283 voters

Born a Crime by Trevor NoahA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Nix by Nathan HillDark Matter by Blake CrouchNorse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
2017: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2017
1,673 books — 360 voters
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn GreenwoodThe Nix by Nathan HillDark Matter by Blake CrouchBritt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik BackmanSalt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
523 books — 2,009 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnInto the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,509 books — 3,562 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMe Before You by Jojo Moyes11/22/63 by Stephen KingGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,754 books — 14,423 voters

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best South Asian Fiction
765 books — 1,933 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Green Mile by Stephen KingRita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen KingOn Writing by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,893 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best Horror Novels
2,132 books — 5,527 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,667 voters

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
Afghanistan in Literature
221 books — 264 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books Ever
78,993 books — 294,148 voters