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
65 books — 111 voters
Cemetery Girl by David      Bell
Ohio Authors
186 books — 39 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Worst Books of All Time
8,112 books — 19,889 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
1,392 books — 1,520 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,109 books — 10,920 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
1,875 books — 7,000 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
13,032 books — 8,505 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,843 books — 22,336 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,380 books — 1,168 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
267 books — 239 voters
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,192 books — 2,083 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
389 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
9,517 books — 8,756 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
7,216 books — 28,372 voters