The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,025 books — 2,567 voters
The Rib King by Ladee HubbardLightseekers by Femi  Kayode
Anticipated 2021 Literary Fiction
446 books — 588 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonEileen by Ottessa MoshfeghLolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Bonafide Spinster List
66 books — 25 voters

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Black Lives Matter Library
161 books — 34 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,076 books — 11,672 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikWatership Down by Richard  AdamsA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinA Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Favorites of the Fantasy Book Club
812 books — 1,732 voters

All the Living by C.E. MorganThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline KellyAll the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakElsewhere by Gabrielle ZevinThe Smart One by Jennifer Close
Books That Had Me Bawling My Eyes Out
858 books — 1,597 voters

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinYiddish with Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner
I Like Dick
213 books — 22 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
India
1,013 books — 862 voters
The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes
Books White People Need to Read
1,310 books — 1,561 voters

The Smart One by Jennifer Close
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,189 voters
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyWatership Down by Richard  AdamsWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,137 books — 1,017 voters

Serena by Ron RashThe Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J PancakeAll the Living by C.E. Morgan
Best Books Set in Appalachia
794 books — 838 voters

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca SteadThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Most Deserving Newbery
116 books — 3,000 voters
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsAll the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenBound for Glory by Woody GuthrieThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmWalden by Henry David Thoreau
Can't Do Without
251 books — 89 voters

Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip RothShiver by Maggie StiefvaterA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,772 books — 16,473 voters
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleHomicide by David Simon
Best True Crime
1,329 books — 1,886 voters

Conquest of the Useless by Werner HerzogBoy Meets Boy by David LevithanManiac Magee by Jerry SpinelliTalk Talk by T. Coraghessan BoyleLittle Children by Tom Perrotta
Signed books
100 books — 12 voters
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Best British and Irish Literature
1,169 books — 1,111 voters

The Afterlife by Gary SotoElsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
YA Post-Death Novels
191 books — 388 voters
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee BurtonFallen Angels by Walter Dean MyersFrog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold LobelThe Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,848 books — 10,518 voters

The Minus Man by Lew McCrearyThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleNight Stalker by Philip CarloAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
I Like Serial Killers
1,016 books — 1,544 voters
Finnegans Wake by James JoyceThe Shack by William Paul YoungThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Newbery 2010
109 books — 499 voters


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