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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
"The {_______} Who " Titles
968 books — 131 voters
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi DaréHurricane Season by Fernanda MelchorThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesLeave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamLove in Colour by Bolu Babalola
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2020
205 books — 186 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Vegetarian by Han KangPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadDemon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
NYT The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
121 books — 287 voters
On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah ScholfieldThe Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
Horror to Look Forward to in 2026
157 books — 111 voters

Dead Beat by Leigh BardugoThe Caretaker by Marcus KliewerHalf His Age by Jennette McCurdyHeartstopper by Alice OsemanThe Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
Can't Wait Books of 2026
481 books — 303 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiAkira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books
994 books — 602 voters

The Vegetarian by Han KangPachinko by Min Jin LeeHuman Acts by Han Kang82년생 김지영 by Cho Nam-JooCursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Korean literature in English (fiction and nonfiction)
296 books — 218 voters
Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy
The 52 Book Club 2026: #52 - Published In 2026
305 books — 307 voters

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Great Australian novels
336 books — 132 voters
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,892 books — 1,775 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,337 books — 8,175 voters