Moonflower Murders by Anthony HorowitzDeath of the Author by Nnedi OkoraforMagpie Murders by Anthony HorowitzThe Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate FaganCloud Atlas by David  Mitchell
Nested Narratives
9 books — 2 voters
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleBuried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi NovikUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,038 voters

The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  BrooksPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
883 books — 483 voters
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezEmpire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEducated by Tara Westover
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,196 books — 949 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Will of the Many by James  IslingtonMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Most Interesting Magic System
2,612 books — 8,762 voters
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Books Ever
75,778 books — 281,602 voters

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
[ATY 2023] 4+ Colors on Cover
645 books — 107 voters
The Will of the Many by James  IslingtonIn the Lives of Puppets by T.J. KluneIndependence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Best Books of 2023
1,206 books — 1,840 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books about Books
1,383 books — 1,517 voters
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu KawaguchiThe Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro ArikawaEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanSourdough by Robin Sloan
Best Warmhearted Reads
83 books — 43 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshAnya's Ghost by Vera BrosgolAdulthood Is a Myth by Sarah AndersenFruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,491 books — 1,362 voters