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Yellowface by R.F. KuangThe Memory of Animals by Claire FullerMrs. S by K. PatrickRiambel by Priya HeinChrysalis by Anna Metcalfe
Booker Prize Eligible 2023
166 books — 209 voters
The Rose Garden by Susanna KearsleyMariana by Susanna Kearsley
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
1,060 books — 4,295 voters

Homegoing by Yaa GyasiVinegar Girl by Anne TylerAnother Brooklyn by Jacqueline WoodsonThe Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. ChurchA Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
523 books — 2,009 voters
Charm by Sarah Pinborough
Fairy Tale Retellings: Hidden Gems
604 books — 751 voters

The Case for Books by Robert DarntonThe Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger
Books on Books: Bookmaking, Biblioclasm, Bibliophilia
428 books — 364 voters
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners by Luanne RiceWhat She Left for Me by Tracie PetersonThe Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk KiddTraveling With Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd
Bonds Between Mothers and Daughters
229 books — 135 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,449 books — 8,327 voters
Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
Best Books to Make into a PBS Series
487 books — 417 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,651 books — 18,018 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithFire Study by Maria V. SnyderThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books that you wish had a sequel(s)
155 books — 99 voters

Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. EastmanFrog and Toad Together by Arnold LobelKristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinSunburn by R.L. StineThe BFG by Roald Dahl
My favorite books from my youth
184 books — 64 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Awakening by Kate ChopinDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time
106 books — 985 voters

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesThe Tenth Circle by Jodi PicoultFreaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,035 books — 12,508 voters
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee StewartMatilda by Roald DahlThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Cool Books for Grades 4-6
740 books — 575 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,712 voters
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,233 books — 2,664 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Rubenesque Romance
136 books — 115 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books that Made You Cry!
3,367 books — 8,002 voters

Briar Rose by Jane YolenWicked by Gregory Maguire
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,855 books — 9,218 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlUlysses by James Joyce
One Name as a Title
1,139 books — 202 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Fictional males that make you squirm...in a good way ;)
1,562 books — 3,300 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCujo by Stephen KingLove You Forever by Robert Munsch
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,670 voters

Poison Study by Maria V. SnyderThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,620 books — 70,141 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Holy Bible by AnonymousA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,659 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,156 books — 1,034 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Best Books About Mistresses
466 books — 766 voters

Poison Study by Maria V. SnyderThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Books That You Couldn't Stop Reading For a Second
912 books — 644 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithPossession by A.S. Byatt
Stories For Book Lovers
8,509 books — 8,987 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,097 books — 5,941 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Most Inspiring Books
136 books — 146 voters


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