Martyr! by Kaveh AkbarMargo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi ThorpeThe History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
2025 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 28 voters
Disappearing Earth by Julia  Phillips
2020 Tournament of Books Long List
62 books — 55 voters

Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
Madness Real and Imagined
64 books — 110 voters
Cemetery Girl by David      Bell
Ohio Authors
167 books — 38 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters
The Broken Teaglass by Emily ArsenaultThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferEx Libris by Anne Fadiman
Books about Books
1,383 books — 1,517 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,316 books — 10,118 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,999 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,279 books — 7,899 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,300 books — 1,130 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerIn the Shadow of No Towers by Art SpiegelmanThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidThe Mercy Seat by Neil LaButeThe 9/11 Report by Sid Jacobson
9/11 Related
250 books — 223 voters
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,098 books — 1,947 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
392 books — 525 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLolita by Vladimir NabokovRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,437 books — 8,413 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  Hall
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters