Bossypants by Tina Fey
Funny Memoir/Autobiography
465 books — 755 voters
The Fermata by Nicholson BakerTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersFingersmith by Sarah Waters
Books On Sex That Don't Suck
34 books — 38 voters

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Excellent Space Opera
1,111 books — 3,845 voters

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. KonigsburgUp from Jericho Tel by E.L. Konigsburg
Best of E.L. Konigsburg
34 books — 5 voters

The Dutch House by Ann PatchettThe Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Best Books of 2019
1,385 books — 1,955 voters

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersIn the Woods by Tana FrenchCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonDeath at La Fenice by Donna Leon
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,293 books — 2,527 voters

Cloud Atlas by David  MitchellHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeBel Canto by Ann PatchettWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters
Bury Your Dead by Louise PennyFaithful Place by Tana FrenchThe Beautiful Mystery by Louise PennyBroken Harbour by Tana French
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
617 books — 559 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Causes of Ugly Crying
1,416 books — 3,995 voters
In the Woods by Tana FrenchBroken Harbour by Tana FrenchStrong Poison by Dorothy L. SayersGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersFingersmith by Sarah Waters
Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers
1,337 books — 854 voters

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersIn the Woods by Tana FrenchCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonThe Likeness by Tana FrenchAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Best Literary Mysteries
2,650 books — 4,865 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
336 books — 707 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
Contemporary British Novels
509 books — 420 voters
Lila by Marilynne RobinsonAn Untamed State by Roxane GayLena Finkle's Magic Barrel by Anya UlinichThe Secret Place by Tana FrenchSome Luck by Jane Smiley
2015 Tournament of Books Long List
72 books — 158 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,819 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,192 books — 2,075 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Male Friendship (please, no fantasy)
106 books — 38 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Tales of New York City
1,721 books — 1,292 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Books that Made You Cry!
3,358 books — 7,977 voters

The Children of Men by P.D. JamesHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,136 books — 10,100 voters
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom RobbinsI Like You by Amy SedarisA Light in the Attic by Shel SilversteinThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Humorous Books
4,410 books — 8,065 voters


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