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The Wedding People by Alison EspachBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabThe Hounding by Xenobe PurvisThe Everlasting by Alix E. HarrowVictorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
Your Top 5 Reads in 2025
395 books — 110 voters
The Wedding People by Alison EspachGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily HenryBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabEmily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather FawcettThe Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
What Women Born in the 90s Have Read in 2025
1,703 books — 99 voters

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika KimEileen by Ottessa MoshfeghThey Never Learn by Layne FargoMaeve Fly by C.J. LeedeSlewfoot by Brom
I Support Women's Wrongs
79 books — 33 voters
Cackle by Rachel HarrisonNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherSuburban Hell by Maureen KilmerThe Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora GossHex Education by Maureen Kilmer
Cozy Horror
33 books — 11 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Seven Year Slip by Ashley PostonA Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose SutherlandDiavola by Jennifer Marie ThorneThe Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Your Top 5 Reads in 2024
477 books — 134 voters
I, Coriander by Sally GardnerJuniper & Thorn by Ava ReidGirls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa BashardoustDeerskin by Robin McKinleyHemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
Fairy Tales for Grown Children
326 books — 281 voters

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettThe Seven Year Slip by Ashley PostonMurder Road by Simone St. JamesDiavola by Jennifer Marie ThorneDivine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
What Women Born in the 90s Have Read in 2024
2,383 books — 162 voters
Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanWeyward by Emilia HartGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenIn the Shadow Garden by Liz ParkerIn the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace
Whismigoth
47 books — 18 voters

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettWeyward by Emilia HartHappy Place by Emily HenryThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandannaJuniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
Your Top 5 Reads in 2023
824 books — 316 voters
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. JamesA Dowry of Blood by S.T. GibsonKnow My Name by Chanel MillerIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoThe Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
Your Top 5 Reads in 2022
583 books — 199 voters

Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanThe Ex Hex by Erin SterlingThe Broken Girls by Simone St. JamesThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesCackle by Rachel Harrison
Spooky Season Reads
173 books — 54 voters
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow RowellThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo
The Pumpkin-Spiciest, Halloweeniest, Wind-Blown Autumn Books For Adults
73 books — 24 voters

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandannaHalf a Soul by Olivia AtwaterBook Lovers by Emily HenryThe Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2023
2,783 books — 270 voters
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
LGBT Books Voted by LGBT Readers Only
900 books — 353 voters

Honey Girl by Morgan RogersIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoKnow My Name by Chanel MillerMalice by Heather WalterThe Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
What Women Born in the '90s Have Read in 2022
2,715 books — 460 voters
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonSorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonGet a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia HibbertThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonA Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
Best Books 2019
1,127 books — 1,313 voters

Happily Ever Afters by Elise BryantHeartstopper by Alice OsemanHouse of Hollow by Krystal SutherlandThe Box in the Woods by Maureen JohnsonA Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth
YA Novels of 2021
781 books — 2,464 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaHow We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed JonesA ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. MaasCirce by Madeline MillerThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2021
2,814 books — 393 voters

Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranThe Secret History by Stephanie Marie ThorntonRebel Queen by Michelle MoranThe Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra GullandNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Queens Outside of England
66 books — 23 voters
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidAnne Boleyn by Alison WeirThe Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa PalomboThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenThe Echo of Twilight by Judith Kinghorn
Historical Fiction 2017
353 books — 869 voters

The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester FoxCirce by Madeline MillerThe Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa PalomboMy Dear Hamilton by Stephanie DrayJane Seymour by Alison Weir
Historical Fiction 2018
434 books — 995 voters
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthHouse of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. MaasGirl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa BashardoustA Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid KemmererThe Queen Of Nothing by Holly Black
Can't Wait Books of 2020
1,115 books — 2,477 voters

The Wicked King by Holly BlackFatal Throne by Candace FlemingNimona by N.D. StevensonBecoming by Michelle Obama
Your Top 5 Reads in 2019
667 books — 260 voters
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny HanMy Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand
Your Top 5 Reads in 2018
639 books — 262 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaCirce by Madeline MillerThe Hazel Wood by Melissa AlbertThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,958 voters
The Wicked King by Holly BlackA Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid KemmererSorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonThe Fountains of Silence by Ruta SepetysRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Best Books of 2019
1,384 books — 1,955 voters

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonPlain Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenWhen They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-CullorsRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2020
2,561 books — 411 voters
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa BashardoustA Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid KemmererCinderella Is Dead by Kalynn BayronThorn by Intisar KhananiHeartstopper by Alice Oseman
YA Novels of 2020
819 books — 2,635 voters

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta SepetysThe Dead Queens Club by Hannah CapinSorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonThe Downstairs Girl by Stacey LeeThese Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
YA Novels of 2019
864 books — 3,019 voters
Heartless by Marissa MeyerStepsister by Jennifer DonnellyTo Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra ChristoGirls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa BashardoustSea Witch by Sarah Henning
Fairytale Villains
42 books — 21 voters


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