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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinShards of Honour by Lois McMaster BujoldAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersCity of Pearl by Karen Traviss
Space Opera Written By Women
249 books — 106 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,176 books — 1,591 voters

In This House of Brede by Rumer GoddenThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. DickDewey by Vicki MyronDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherThe Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
Most Charming Novels
391 books — 182 voters
The Clairvoyant Countess by Dorothy GilmanGrave Sight by Charlaine HarrisDon of the Dead by Casey DanielsTrouble in Mudbug by Jana DeleonNice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
Paranormal Cozy Mysteries
741 books — 674 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersMurder with Peacocks by Donna AndrewsA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
First books of some good cozy series
717 books — 753 voters
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Color of Magic by Terry PratchettCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Best Series With At Least 7 Books
676 books — 387 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonStrong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Dysfunctional Sleuths
170 books — 105 voters
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. HamiltonGunmetal Magic by Ilona AndrewsStorm Front by Jim ButcherGhouls Just Haunt to Have Fun by Victoria LauriePoltergeist by Kat Richardson
Paranormal Investigation, Ghost- and Demonhunters: Fiction
324 books — 240 voters

Room by Emma DonoghueCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinTricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich
Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers
1,335 books — 845 voters
The Color of Magic by Terry PratchettWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. SchwabThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Books with parallel world
156 books — 54 voters

Thorn by Intisar KhananiThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThrone of the Crescent Moon by Saladin AhmedSorcerer to the Crown by Zen ChoThe Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
736 books — 479 voters
Skinwalkers by Tony HillermanThe Cold Dish by Craig JohnsonKindness Goes Unpunished by Craig JohnsonDesert Heat by J.A. JanceThe Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
Best Modern Western Mysteries
229 books — 95 voters

Jerusalem by Simon Sebag MontefioreThe Bible Unearthed by Israel FinkelsteinExodus by Leon UrisThe Middle Sea by John Julius Norwich
Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict (fiction and nonfiction)
482 books — 726 voters
The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit FoxThe Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek by Barry CunliffeKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlThe Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
True Life Adventure
392 books — 258 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth HuxleyTravels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,372 books — 1,064 voters
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
A Journey Through Literary America
162 books — 228 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Postman by David BrinLucifer's Hammer by Larry NivenLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Apocalypse Challenge
110 books — 187 voters
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster BujoldAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieOn Basilisk Station by David WeberValor's Choice by Tanya HuffTrading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon
Heroines of Military Science Fiction
233 books — 114 voters

The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall SmithThe Highly Effective Detective by Richard YanceyThe Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Cozy Mysteries at the Boston Athenaeum (fiction)
93 books — 30 voters
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorAshes by Ilsa J. BickThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
YA Dystopia Novels
1,982 books — 11,367 voters

Oath of Gold by Elizabeth MoonThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster BujoldLord of Light by Roger ZelaznyExpecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt
Best Fantasy God Type books
179 books — 89 voters
Expecting Someone Taller by Tom HoltThe King Must Die by Mary RenaultAntigone by Jean AnouilhThe Second Tom Holt Omnibus by Tom Holt
Modern Interpretations of Ancient Myths
321 books — 345 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Library at Mount Char by Scott HawkinsThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternGoing Bovine by Libba Bray
Weird, Addictive, Psychological, Must Reads
470 books — 257 voters
Sorcery & Cecelia by Patricia C. WredeCold Magic by Kate ElliottBanner of the Damned by Sherwood SmithSoulless by Gail CarrigerHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Fantasy of Manners
297 books — 500 voters

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness by Alan BurgessThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankDewey by Vicki MyronJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Moon's a Balloon by David Niven
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,536 books — 3,172 voters
Blood Red Road by Moira YoungLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferAshes by Ilsa J. BickDivergent by Veronica RothEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Post-Apocalyptic Teen Fiction
50 books — 22 voters

In the Balance by Harry TurtledoveStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardFootfall by Larry NivenThe Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Alien Invasion books
79 books — 69 voters
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardOld Man's War by John ScalziLive Free or Die by John RingoHunting Party by Elizabeth Moon
Damn Sight, Good Space Opera
92 books — 81 voters


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