How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles YuThe Water That Falls on You from Nowhere by John Chu
Chinese Science Fiction Novels
19 books — 24 voters

The Dark Lake by Sarah   BaileyPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellA is for Alibi by Sue Grafton1222 by Anne HoltThe Monkey's Mask by Dorothy Porter
Crime Female Protagonist
124 books — 31 voters
Goddess by Kelly Gardiner
Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction
451 books — 231 voters

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergCarol by Claire  MorganGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Best Gay Fiction
2,675 books — 3,882 voters
Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai
One Fish, Two Fish ...
530 books — 176 voters

Goddess by Kelly Gardiner
Best Historical Fiction
7,478 books — 25,671 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerScarlet by Marissa MeyerCress by Marissa MeyerCome Close by SapphoTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
What we've read so far in...2015
9,730 books — 2,081 voters

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Most Terrifying Short Stories
377 books — 495 voters
Look Who's Morphing by Tom ChoHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles YuThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Best British and Irish Literature
1,171 books — 1,111 voters

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music
882 books — 1,027 voters

Obernewtyn by Isobelle CarmodyThe Chrysalids by John Wyndham
YA Dystopia Novels
1,912 books — 11,287 voters

Look Who's Morphing by Tom ChoSaving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Best Books Set in Australia
1,069 books — 587 voters
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Books I Regret Reading
2,299 books — 3,225 voters

Lost in a Good Book by Jasper FfordeWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,001 books — 5,293 voters

1984 by George OrwellHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,921 books — 1,759 voters
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWhen Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith KerrDoormat by Kelly McWilliamsAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,267 books — 3,661 voters

I, Robot by Isaac AsimovWhipping Girl by Julia SeranoWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,918 books — 121,231 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,786 books — 26,047 voters

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,548 books — 24,842 voters