Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of 1980
326 books — 211 voters
Trespasses by Louise KennedyToad by Katherine DunnTime Is a Mother by Ocean VuongLess Is Lost by Andrew Sean GreerHow Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
Best Books of 2022
1,543 books — 1,854 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsMy Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Best Gothic Novels/Suspense Novels
418 books — 452 voters
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongDisappearing Earth by Julia  PhillipsThe Bird King by G. Willow WilsonThe Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Best Books 2019
1,141 books — 1,308 voters

Elmer Gantry by Sinclair LewisTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCannHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Dinner by Herman KochDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukFrog by Mo Yan
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,936 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Sandman, Vol. 8 by Neil GaimanThe Sandman, Vol. 9 by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 1995
430 books — 190 voters
The Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiThere There by Tommy OrangeWomen Talking by Miriam ToewsThe Boat People by Sharon BalaHeads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,959 voters

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongThe Bird King by G. Willow WilsonBowlaway by Elizabeth McCrackenThe Old Drift by Namwali SerpellThe Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee
Best Books of 2019
1,389 books — 1,961 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of the Flies by William GoldingOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,320 books — 5,839 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgBud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Newbery Medal Winner Books
104 books — 373 voters

Sarajevo Marlboro by Miljenko JergovićHow the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša StanišićSarajevo by Zlatko Dizdarević
Best South Slavic Literature
363 books — 306 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMila 18 by Leon UrisThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonCity of Thieves by David BenioffThe Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Jews in Literature
884 books — 312 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNight by Elie WieselI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambEast of Eden by John SteinbeckWhere the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,204 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Best War Novels
1,671 books — 1,389 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight Watch by Terry PratchettMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroA Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters
The Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniCity of Thieves by David Benioff
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters
Maurice by E.M. ForsterAt Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'NeillThe Charioteer by Mary RenaultBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann
Best Gay Historical Romance
915 books — 1,530 voters