Educated by Tara WestoverEvery Note Played by Lisa Genova
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,957 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardOrhan's Inheritance by Aline OhanesianRooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiOne Summer by Bill Bryson
Best for Book Clubs
14,730 books — 18,599 voters
The Lost by Daniel MendelsohnThe Blood of Flowers by Anita AmirrezvaniCold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Best Unappreciated Books
4,366 books — 2,204 voters

Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
Can't Wait Books of 2018 - Any Genre
189 books — 130 voters
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesTwilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
981 books — 2,574 voters

Night by Elie WieselOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottHatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,762 books — 10,417 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,235 books — 8,066 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,832 books — 16,567 voters
Checkered Fences by Alma Hudson
Best historical fiction read in 2009
11 books — 27 voters

Calling Me Home by Julie KiblerThe Obituary Writer by Ann HoodA Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
Historical Fiction 2013
397 books — 2,113 voters
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Historical Fiction 2011
108 books — 573 voters

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice HoffmanUnder the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy HoranThe Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott
Historical Fiction 2014
389 books — 1,978 voters
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly ClearyPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,848 books — 10,533 voters

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe Crucible by Arthur MillerYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,613 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,784 voters

The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls WilderA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,658 books — 120,523 voters