All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandNight by Elie WieselHiroshima by John Hersey
Best War Books
113 books — 65 voters
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Revolutionary War-Young Readers
20 books — 14 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Canada
361 books — 154 voters

Cod by Mark KurlanskyThe Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon
Nova Scotia
336 books — 83 voters
The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
Best Cookbooks Ever
547 books — 216 voters

The Cider House Rules by John IrvingEmpire Falls by Richard RussoThe Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne JewettOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutThe Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
Books Set in Maine
685 books — 222 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Oh, Canada!
1,345 books — 505 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtDubliners by James JoyceUlysses by James JoyceA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Irish Books
686 books — 604 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverThere There by Tommy OrangeThe Overstory by Richard PowersThe Library Book by Susan OrleanThe Dinosaur Artist by Paige  Williams
NYT 100 Notable Books of 2018
100 books — 82 voters
The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer
Historical Fiction 2019
415 books — 655 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giver by Lois LowryPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I Had No Idea This Book Would Be So Good
8,246 books — 3,075 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Books about Books and Libraries
816 books — 383 voters

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Presidential Families - Fiction
72 books — 18 voters
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Last Days of Night by Graham MooreGeorgia by Dawn Tripp
Historical Fiction 2016
340 books — 878 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,635 books — 14,139 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,676 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseSiddhartha by Hermann HesseWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,133 voters

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christieسینوهه by Mika WaltariI, Claudius by Robert GravesNefertiti by Michelle    MoranCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Best Books About Egypt
491 books — 574 voters
Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingMichelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross KingColor by Victoria FinlayThe Lost Painting by Jonathan HarrDe Vervalser - het waargebeurde verhaal van Han van Meegeren,... by Edward Dolnick
The World History of Art
377 books — 137 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootWild by Cheryl StrayedQuiet by Susan CainThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
NY Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers 2015
146 books — 71 voters
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Man Booker Shortlist 2017
6 books — 15 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayHomage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Spain
513 books — 244 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Fictitious Africa
546 books — 263 voters

The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest HemingwayParadise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Books Set in Tanzania
33 books — 16 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Stranger by Albert CamusCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeePetals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Best by African Authors
407 books — 221 voters


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