The Man in the Mist by Agatha ChristieBony Buys a Woman by Arthur W. UpfieldHow to Be a Woman by Caitlin MoranThe Edible Woman by Margaret AtwoodThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Every Man, Woman and Child
1,749 books — 106 voters
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Best Time-Travel Novels
710 books — 432 voters

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Best Humorous Non-Fiction
582 books — 239 voters
Native Son by Richard Wright
Eye of the Beholder
848 books — 318 voters

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul   Newman
Memoirs by Men
1,699 books — 665 voters

Magician by Raymond E. FeistMagician by Raymond E. Feist
Creepy Book Covers
966 books — 181 voters
The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia MellorThe Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan WiggsMore Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Books About Bookstores
641 books — 808 voters

Trout Water by Josh GreenbergOn Mother by Sarah   FergusonOn quiet by Nikki GemmellA Life on Our Planet by David AttenboroughOn Fairness by Sally McManus
On or Off in the title
1,263 books — 88 voters
The Ex Hex by Erin SterlingParable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
'I Am Woman Hear Me Roar'
1,892 books — 879 voters

Ghost Mountain by Ronan HessionTwelve Sheep by John ConnellNight Swimmers by Roisin MaguireWild Houses by Colin  BarrettHagstone by Sinéad Gleeson
Irish Interest 2024
143 books — 22 voters
When Winter Comes by V.A. Shannon
Donner Party
26 books — 27 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoUbik by Philip K. Dick
Weirdest Books Ever
1,193 books — 1,184 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonA Month in the Country by J.L. CarrSomething in Disguise by Elizabeth Jane HowardJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonCassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker
Backlisted Podcast Selection
112 books — 6 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirThe Road by Cormac McCarthyRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinRedemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,208 books — 8,952 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsDune by Frank HerbertRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeConsider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
best hard science fiction
392 books — 718 voters

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
961 books — 570 voters
Brooklyn by Colm TóibínIrish Christmas stories by David MarcusThe Gathering by Anne EnrightThe Dalkey Archive by Flann O'Brien
Best Irish Books
686 books — 604 voters

The Pearl by John SteinbeckFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesSiddhartha by Hermann HesseA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,443 voters
Archangel by Robert   HarrisA Child's Game by John Connor
Abandoned Books
1,473 books — 1,465 voters

Marley and Me by John GroganThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebAusterlitz by W.G. SebaldOblivion by David Foster WallaceNetherland by Joseph O'Neill
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceDune by Frank HerbertThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Reddit Recommendations
577 books — 762 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftAt Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'BrienThe Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy DoyleThe Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienThe Sea by John Banville
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 718 voters
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsLong Way Round by Ewan McGregorJupiter's Travels by Ted SimonThe Endymion Omnibus by Dan SimmonsDhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
Most Addicting Books
285 books — 198 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe World According to Garp by John IrvingStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,839 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsV. by Thomas Pynchon
Great Debut Novels
1,575 books — 1,471 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPawn of Prophecy by David EddingsThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanEnchanters' End Game by David EddingsQueen of Sorcery by David Eddings
Best Heroic Fantasy
718 books — 1,392 voters
Chesapeake by James A. Michener
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,641 books — 3,583 voters


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