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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanKindred by Octavia E. ButlerCat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,521 books — 2,686 voters
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareThe Shining Girls by Lauren BeukesThen She Was Gone by Lisa JewellSometimes I Lie by Alice FeeneyThe Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,478 books — 3,547 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootJust Kids by Patti SmithUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,382 books — 7,225 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Best Book Titles
12,126 books — 8,514 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,280 books — 8,095 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,377 books — 4,853 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonEileen by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Female Malaise: She's Sad, Mad, and Bad
263 books — 235 voters
Interview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceCry to Heaven by Anne RiceBlackwood Farm by Anne Rice
The Best of Anne Rice
26 books — 238 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice1984 by George OrwellThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books You Want Everyone to Know About
8,474 books — 2,350 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Thought Provoking
2,981 books — 1,664 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Stand by Stephen KingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
6,139 books — 4,788 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold11/22/63 by Stephen King
Recommended by Reading Challengers
6,239 books — 4,826 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Women's Fiction Novels
2,135 books — 1,724 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak1984 by George OrwellThe Stand by Stephen King
Books You Could Not Put Down
12,038 books — 8,159 voters

The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisAngels & Demons by Dan BrownSometimes I Lie by Alice FeeneyThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Psychological Thrillers
582 books — 841 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
14,141 books — 10,137 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden11/22/63 by Stephen KingFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Smart Summer Reads
13,349 books — 11,355 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe V Girl by Mya RobartsThe Stand by Stephen KingPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Couldn't put it down: Entertaining & Fast Paced
2,825 books — 620 voters

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerMadeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Favorite books from my childhood
4,498 books — 7,691 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,598 books — 5,980 voters

1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Most Influential Books
1,490 books — 5,294 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold1984 by George OrwellThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,529 books — 17,392 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Books All English Lit Majors Should (& Need to) Read
193 books — 58 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder1984 by George OrwellThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,324 books — 11,884 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Road by Cormac McCarthyState of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Book Club Books
486 books — 328 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Passage by Justin CroninStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelDoomsday Book by Connie WillisAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Apocalypse by Epidemic
260 books — 297 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAngels & Demons by Dan BrownRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
Recommended Thriller/Suspense
2,554 books — 2,761 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonFarenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Banned Books in America 2023
104 books — 15 voters


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