The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
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The Martian by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
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Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
Goodreads Choice Awards 2017
880 books — 1,008 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Horror Novels
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Bad Feminist by Roxane GayThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Women & Gender Studies
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
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Difficult Women by Roxane GayThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasOne Dark Throne by Kendare BlakeOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusHistory Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2017
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Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Best Feminist Books
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
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Dracula by Bram StokerThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisRed Dragon by Thomas  HarrisGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Quality Dark Fiction
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World War Z by Max Brooks’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  King
Best YA Halloween Books of 2016
8 books — 4 voters
Red Dragon by Thomas  HarrisGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Crime & Mystery Books
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World War Z by Max BrooksThe Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
Zombies!
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Best Young Adult Books
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