Big Stone Gap by Adriana TrigianiThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books I Want to Read - Summer 2013
60 books — 100 voters
The World That We Knew by Alice HoffmanThe Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer  RosnerThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
OE WWII Favourites
80 books — 13 voters

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Underrated Books
167 books — 64 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerCane River by Lalita Tademy
Best Family Sagas
633 books — 675 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWorld Without End by Ken FollettMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinLa catedral del mar by Ildefonso FalconesYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best Middle Ages Books
1,224 books — 1,706 voters

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Favorite Debut Novels
163 books — 59 voters
Sacajawea by Anna Lee WaldoGrave Goods by Ariana FranklinLovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 by Francine ProseSacred Hunger by Barry UnsworthThe Secret River by Kate Grenville
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,284 books — 1,257 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverThe Bone Tree by Greg Iles
Best Southern Literature
1,343 books — 2,574 voters
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinDissolution by C.J. SansomThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan BradleyThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
975 books — 1,201 voters

Medicus by Ruth DownieThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisTerra Incognita by Ruth Downie
Roman Britain
123 books — 60 voters
Riding Lessons by Sara GruenFlying Changes by Sara Gruen
Horse Lover's Literature
480 books — 196 voters

Contact by Carl SaganEnder's Shadow by Orson Scott CardThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José FarmerEarth Unaware by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction
3,653 books — 6,983 voters
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather   MorrisWarlight by Michael OndaatjeThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan BradleyVarina by Charles FrazierThe Abbot's Tale by Conn Iggulden
Historical Fiction 2018
422 books — 978 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  Harris
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,324 voters
A Column of Fire by Ken FollettHouse of Spies by Daniel SilvaMississippi Blood by Greg IlesA Time of Love and Tartan by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Books of 2017
1,733 books — 3,082 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Great Audiobook Versions
79 books — 30 voters
Philida by André BrinkRiver God by Wilbur Smith
Books about AFRICA or by AFRICAN AUTHORS
820 books — 286 voters

The Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanDirt Music by Tim WintonThe Fatal Shore by Robert HughesYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best Modern Australian Literature
562 books — 670 voters
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Project Myopia
100 books — 3 voters

The Gargoyle by Andrew  DavidsonThe Hamlet by William FaulknerThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Blank
2,105 books — 141 voters
Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall SmithThrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley
Most Anticipated Mysteries 2016
102 books — 360 voters


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