A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinKings of the Wyld by Nicholas EamesThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse BullingtonThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
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The Book of Human Skin by Michelle LovricThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
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337 books — 280 voters

The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie by Ágota KristófLolita by Vladimir NabokovFight Club by Chuck PalahniukWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonAtonement by Ian McEwan
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503 books — 493 voters
The Rest Is Noise by Alex  RossStephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music by Stephen Fry
Classical Music: Nonfiction
311 books — 77 voters

The Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonThe Library at Mount Char by Scott  HawkinsThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserLe grand cahier by Ágota Kristóf
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4,384 books — 2,240 voters

This Book Is Full of Spiders by David  WongThe Library at Mount Char by Scott  HawkinsThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David  MitchellA Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,720 books — 14,342 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och DagThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Historical Mystery
2,272 books — 4,761 voters

The Drunken Botanist by Amy  StewartThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Nonfiction Books about Plants
436 books — 146 voters
We, the Drowned by Carsten JensenWho Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara ComynsLittle Hands Clapping by Dan RhodesThe Boy Detective Fails by Joe MenoThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Beautiful Book Cover Design
905 books — 261 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLolita by Vladimir NabokovДом, в котором... by Mariam Petrosyan
Best Russian Literature
521 books — 2,296 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezI Served the King of England by Bohumil HrabalThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonThe War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas LlosaEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,347 books — 4,643 voters
Le grand cahier by Ágota KristófThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Books About Twins
462 books — 367 voters

Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de LautréamontAnd the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave
The Gospel Of Filth
116 books — 12 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Slynx by Tatyana TolstayaBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,778 voters

Le grand cahier by Ágota Kristóf1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och DagThe Collector by John Fowles
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,280 books — 11,619 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Books Ever
78,062 books — 291,094 voters