Ghostwritten by David  MitchellFrankissstein by Jeanette WintersonHomesick by Nino CipriThe Passion by Jeanette WintersonTransmutation by Alex DiFrancesco
Queer Fantastika
108 books — 35 voters
One Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette Winterson
Goldsmiths Prize 2026 Eligible Books
41 books — 2 voters

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha MajumdarDominion by Addie E. CitchensOne Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette WintersonWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThe Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
Booker Prize Eligible 2026
230 books — 145 voters

Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Books Set in Tanzania
34 books — 16 voters

Beautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoRipeness by Sarah MossUniversality by Natasha   BrownAudition by Katie KitamuraDisappoint Me by Nicola Dinan
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
175 books — 172 voters
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky ChambersNorth Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher
Queer Characters Bein' Queer
67 books — 17 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanShrill by Lindy WestInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Let's Dismantle the Patriarchy
295 books — 88 voters
The Book of Dog by lark benobiThe Power by Naomi AldermanRed Clocks by Leni ZumasAmmonite by Nicola GriffithThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Actually Feminist Fiction
64 books — 12 voters

Elena Knows by Claudia PiñeiroNot a River by Selva AlmadaThe Delivery by Margarita García RobayoDead Girls by Selva AlmadaThe Wind That Lays Waste by Selva Almada
Charco Press
73 books — 27 voters
Blackouts by Justin Torres
2024 Tournament of Books shortlist
18 books — 27 voters

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
World War One Literature
226 books — 358 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelCloud Atlas by David  Mitchell1984 by George Orwell
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,290 books — 3,474 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelA Man for All Seasons by Robert BoltGame of Queens by Sarah GristwoodThe Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo
Best Books About Tudor England
639 books — 1,664 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Histories by HerodotusCollapse by Jared DiamondColumbine by Dave Cullen
History as Literature
749 books — 637 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezEllen Foster by Kaye GibbonsThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Oprah's Book Club Picks
131 books — 2,206 voters


« previous 1