Clear by Carys DaviesGlorious Exploits by Ferdia  LennonEveryone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzer
Best Books of 2024
882 books — 943 voters
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of 1980
394 books — 213 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
1,551 books — 1,860 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
443 books — 489 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
1,127 books — 1,313 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
7,893 books — 49,820 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
1,766 books — 6,927 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 — 193 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
1,653 books — 2,958 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
1,385 books — 1,955 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 — 5,878 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
105 books — 374 voters

The Crucible by Arthur MillerMillennium Approaches by Tony KushnerCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandTwelve Angry Men by Reginald RoseLong Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,132 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellChildren of God by Mary Doria RussellA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,705 books — 25,667 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
130 books — 2,205 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
1,707 books — 1,454 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
9,843 books — 22,345 voters

The Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniCity of Thieves by David Benioff
Best Historical Fiction
7,855 books — 26,141 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
1,379 books — 2,596 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
925 books — 1,535 voters