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Solace House by Will MacleanServants to the King by Marion ScottWimmy Road Boyz by Sufiyaan SalamWhat Am I, a Deer? by Polly Barton
Best books of 2026
220 books — 54 voters
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill BrownA Granite Silence by Nina AllanOther People’s Fun by Harriet LaneOld Soul by Susan BarkerLet the Bad Times Roll by Alice Slater
Best Books of 2025
591 books — 191 voters

The Borrowed Hills by Scott PrestonAnd He Shall Appear by Kate van der BorghPoppyHarp by Simon AveryThe Other Valley by Scott Alexander HowardLet Me Try Again by Matthew Davis
Best Books of 2024
887 books — 950 voters
Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil SharpsonConquest by Nina AllanThe Last Language by Jennifer duBoisHow Can I Help You by Laura SimsLiar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong
Best Books of 2023
1,247 books — 1,871 voters

Hare House by Sally HinchcliffeThe World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella BurtonA History of Fear by Luke DumasStargazer by Laurie PetrouLambda by David Musgrave
Best Books of 2022
1,553 books — 1,862 voters
Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra KleemanTell Me I’m Worthless by Alison RumfittTerminal Boredom by Izumi SuzukiThe Kingdoms by Natasha PulleyThe Coming Bad Days by Sarah Bernstein
Best Books of 2021
1,440 books — 1,627 voters

Holt House by L.G. VeyJudderman by D.A. NorthwoodA Dedicated Friend by Shirley LongfordStarve Acre by Jonathan BuckleyPlunge Hill by J.M. McVulpin
The Eden Book Society
14 books — 2 voters
Real Life by Brandon TaylorYou Let Me In by Camilla BruceLondon Incognita by Gary BuddenBoy Parts by Eliza ClarkScabby Queen by Kirstin Innes
Best Books 2020
592 books — 403 voters

The Dollmaker by Nina AllanWater Shall Refuse Them by Lucie McKnight HardyNecessary People by Anna PitoniakStarve Acre by Jonathan BuckleyFake Like Me by Barbara Bourland
Best Books 2019
1,130 books — 1,314 voters
The Earlie King & the Kid in Yellow by Danny DentonI Still Dream by James SmytheCrimson by Niviaq KorneliussenTrick by Domenico StarnonePerfidious Albion by Sam Byers
Best Books 2018
393 books — 292 voters

The Idiot by Elif BatumanDevil’s Day by Andrew Michael HurleyKill All Normies by Angela NagleThe Burning Girl by Claire MessudThe Party by Elizabeth Day
Best Books of 2017
1,732 books — 3,080 voters
A Natural by Ross Raisin
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2017
178 books — 240 voters

The Eleventh Letter by Tom TomaszewskiSweetbitter by Stephanie DanlerThe Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDanielThe Lonely City by Olivia LaingDeath and the Seaside by Alison Moore
Best Books of 2016
1,825 books — 2,784 voters
The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil by Shubnum KhanThe Bitterness of Olives by Andrew BrownHow To Be a Revolutionary by C.A. DavidsJunx by Tshidiso MoletsaneA Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland
The Sunday Times CNA Fiction Award (South Africa)
24 books — 1 voter

Book of Numbers by Joshua CohenThe Ecliptic by Benjamin WoodThe Well by Catherine ChanterThe Curator by Jacques Strauss
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2015
143 books — 357 voters
Book of Numbers by Joshua CohenThe Ecliptic by Benjamin WoodThe Well by Catherine ChanterThe Ghost Network by Catie DisabatoNumber 11 by Jonathan Coe
The best books of 2015
128 books — 86 voters

All the Devils Are Here by David SeabrookThe Empathy Exams by Leslie JamisonHawthorn & Child by Keith RidgwayHollow by Owen EgertonPurity by Jonathan Franzen
Favourite Covers
265 books — 61 voters
Signs of Life by Anna RaveratThe Legacy by Kirsten TranterAnimals by Keith RidgwayPurgatory by Tomás Eloy MartínezFirst Novel by Nicholas Royle
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,202 books — 807 voters

The Engagement by Chloe HooperThe Legacy by Kirsten TranterAfter Me Comes the Flood by Sarah PerryHer by Harriet LaneBook of Numbers by Joshua Cohen
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,404 books — 259 voters
Cat Out of Hell by Lynne TrussThe Quickening by Julie MyersonBreakfast with the Borgias by D.B.C. PierreTouched by Joanna BriscoeThe Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore
Hammer Publishing line
26 books — 6 voters

Upstairs at the Party by Linda GrantThe Blazing World by Siri HustvedtA Bad Character by Deepti KapoorGlow by Ned BeaumanThe Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
167 books — 699 voters
Upstairs at the Party by Linda GrantAfter Me Comes the Flood by Sarah PerryStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Blazing World by Siri HustvedtHer by Harriet Lane
Best Books of 2014
3,569 books — 6,536 voters

First Novel by Nicholas RoyleOrkney by Amy Sackville
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2013
176 books — 322 voters
Night Film by Marisha PesslThe Engagement by Chloe HooperFirst Novel by Nicholas RoyleCooking With Bones by Jess RichardsOrkney by Amy Sackville
Best Books Published in 2013
3,586 books — 7,152 voters

Narcopolis by Jeet ThayilCommunion Town by Sam Thompson
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
12 books — 176 voters
Alys, Always by Harriet LaneSigns of Life by Anna RaveratWhen Nights Were Cold by Susanna JonesNarcopolis by Jeet ThayilCommunion Town by Sam Thompson
Best Books of 2012
3,516 books — 9,185 voters

Alys, Always by Harriet LaneSigns of Life by Anna Raverat
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2012
151 books — 268 voters
Lights Out in Wonderland by D.B.C. PierreOur Tragic Universe by Scarlett ThomasDark Matter by Michelle PaverThe Bed I Made by Lucie WhitehouseThe Legacy by Kirsten Tranter
Best Books of 2010
1,576 books — 2,470 voters

Gillespie and I by Jane HarrisA Summer of Drowning by John BurnsideThe Gallows Curse by Karen MaitlandThe Stranger's Child by Alan HollinghurstThe Book of Lies by Mary Horlock
Best Books of 2011
2,668 books — 6,694 voters
Dark Echo by F.G. CottamDark Matter by Michelle PaverThe Winter Ghosts by Kate MosseThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersThe Quickening by Julie Myerson
Ghost Stories
1,523 books — 1,993 voters


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