The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth OzekiFuzz by Mary RoachCloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Short & Long List 2021
53 books — 12 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroDune by Frank HerbertThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books Ever
77,129 books — 287,308 voters

Stiff by Mary Roach
Death Positivity: Non Fiction
63 books — 23 voters
Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAuthority by Jeff VandermeerAcceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
New Weird Books
207 books — 151 voters

Wabi Sabi by Beth KemptonBacklight by Kanji HanawaKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBreasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
Japanese Literature
310 books — 388 voters
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Booker Prize Eligible 2021
153 books — 177 voters

Pet Sematary by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
2,091 books — 5,466 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
SciFi so real its SCARY.
1,118 books — 1,895 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult book THIS century
2,157 books — 2,592 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
YA Books that TEACH your kids something.
2,191 books — 2,582 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,549 books — 24,979 voters
Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerFight Club by Chuck PalahniukBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,217 books — 1,151 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Dystopia!
1,219 books — 2,768 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Young Adult Books
13,163 books — 80,243 voters

Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 by Hajime IsayamaFullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu ArakawaDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaBattle Royale, Vol. 01 by Koushun Takami
Best Manga of All Time
538 books — 998 voters
Battle Royale by Koushun TakamiConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Best Japanese Books
774 books — 3,250 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,854 books — 26,116 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanPhantoms in the Brain by V.S. RamachandranAn Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
Medicine and Literature
1,882 books — 2,037 voters

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanStiff by Mary RoachThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksStill Alice by Lisa Genova
Best Books for Medical Students
407 books — 580 voters