Circe by Madeline MillerThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Iliad by HomerTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisLavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
510 books — 394 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
Best Books About Animals
1,841 books — 1,852 voters

Katabasis by R.F. KuangBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabEmily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather FawcettHemlock & Silver by T. KingfisherThe Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty
Can't Wait Books of 2025
788 books — 901 voters
Katabasis by R.F. KuangThe Devils by Joe AbercrombieEmily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather FawcettHemlock & Silver by T. KingfisherBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2025
550 books — 887 voters

The Familiar by Leigh BardugoA Tempest of Tea by Hafsah FaizalEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettTo Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. ChangThe Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Can't Wait Books of 2024
985 books — 1,352 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Queen's Fool by Philippa GregoryThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerCirce by Madeline Miller
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,427 books — 2,346 voters
Wind and Truth by Brandon SandersonEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettThe Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettFathomfolk by Eliza ChanMirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2024
496 books — 938 voters

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterDreams Underfoot by Charles de LintThe Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. ByattThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmSt. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
Best Fantasy Short Story Collections
526 books — 296 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Short Reads
838 books — 382 voters

Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters by Kathleen RaganThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Feminist Folktales
28 books — 8 voters

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha ShannonThe Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyImmortal Longings by Chloe GongThe Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani ChokshiUntethered Sky by Fonda Lee
Can't Wait Books of 2023
1,149 books — 1,525 voters

Witch King by Martha WellsSome Desperate Glory by Emily  TeshThe Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyThe Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero LacruzBarrow of Winter by H.M. Long
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2023
468 books — 1,083 voters
Gallant by V.E. SchwabDaughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie OhViolet Made of Thorns by Gina  ChenFevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
Can't Wait Books of 2022
1,220 books — 2,075 voters

In the Serpent's Wake by Rachel HartmanThe Path of Thorns by A.G. SlatterAge of Ash by Daniel AbrahamThe Thousand Eyes by A.K. LarkwoodSpear by Nicola Griffith
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2022
543 books — 1,410 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlMonstrous Regiment by Terry PratchettThe Subjection of Women by John Stuart MillThe Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettGuards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Feminist Books by Male Authors
58 books — 17 voters

Queen's Shadow by E.K. JohnstonAhsoka by E.K. JohnstonBloodline by Claudia GrayA Crash of Fate by Zoraida CórdovaStar Wars Adventures by Beth Revis
Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy
89 books — 11 voters


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