All the Dangerous Things by Stacy WillinghamStarter Villain by John ScalziThe Last Devil to Die by Richard OsmanThe Marriage Act by John MarrsLight Bringer by Pierce Brown
Best Books of 2023
1,226 books — 1,839 voters
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelMorgan Is My Name by Sophie KeetchUpgrade by Blake CrouchDark Horse by Gregg HurwitzBlack Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Best Books of 2022
1,549 books — 1,853 voters

Prodigal Son by Gregg HurwitzThe Night She Disappeared by Lisa JewellProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirRelentless by Mark GreaneyThe Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Best Books of 2021
1,436 books — 1,620 voters
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghyAxiom's End by Lindsay  EllisThe Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Night Swim by Megan GoldinBig Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
Best Books of 2020
1,567 books — 1,942 voters

Recursion by Blake CrouchThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadThe Wicked King by Holly BlackCemetery Road by Greg IlesThe Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Best Books 2019
1,143 books — 1,311 voters
The Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadDark Age by Pierce BrownThe Wicked King by Holly BlackThe Passengers by John Marrs
Best Books of 2019
1,389 books — 1,960 voters

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather   MorrisMy Dear Hamilton by Stephanie DrayWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Broken Girls by Simone St. JamesNext Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Historical Fiction 2018
423 books — 980 voters
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather   MorrisCirce by Madeline MillerWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensIron Gold by Pierce BrownThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte
Best Books of 2018
1,655 books — 2,956 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyRed Rising by Pierce BrownDark Matter by Blake Crouch
Science Fiction - 2010-2019
548 books — 780 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan EganThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonThe Radium Girls by Kate  MooreQuiet by Susan Cain
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,865 books — 3,612 voters

Foundation by Isaac AsimovThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodRed Rising by Pierce Brown
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,831 books — 26,077 voters
Red Rising by Pierce BrownLock In by John ScalziAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelBig Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Best Books of 2014
3,571 books — 6,371 voters

Little Noises by Hugh HoweyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesRailhead by Philip ReeveThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsMissoula by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of 2015
3,109 books — 5,118 voters
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan EganThe Radium Girls by Kate  MooreBeartown by Fredrik BackmanGrant by Ron Chernow
Best Books of 2017
1,734 books — 3,082 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinEragon by Christopher Paolini
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,300 books — 25,952 voters
Lock In by John ScalziCollecting the Dead by Spencer KopeThe Good Daughter by Karin SlaughterSuspect by Robert Crais
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
607 books — 556 voters

The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
YA Historical Fiction of 2016
55 books — 132 voters
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie BerryMorning Star by Pierce BrownDark Matter by Blake CrouchWe Are the Ants by Shaun David HutchinsonThe One by John Marrs
Best Books of 2016
1,829 books — 2,779 voters

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Hugo 2017 Eligible Works
213 books — 352 voters