Educated by Tara WestoverThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
Best Books of 2018
1,654 books — 2,956 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Vilest Woman in Fiction
117 books — 94 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonMissing You by Harlan CobenAlong Came a Spider by James  Patterson
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,245 books — 2,353 voters

When Pigasso Met Mootisse by Nina Laden
Children Books About Art
278 books — 160 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasSix Impossible Things by Fiona Wood
YA Realistic Fiction
597 books — 534 voters

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2017 YA contemporary
211 books — 562 voters
Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
Best Baseball Novels of All Time
124 books — 186 voters

Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
Best Baseball Books
750 books — 654 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
698 books — 580 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradPeyton Place by Grace MetaliousNative Son by Richard WrightA Separate Peace by John Knowles
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,076 books — 121,878 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Other by Thomas Tryon
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,250 books — 11,563 voters

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesThe Girls from Ames by Jeffrey ZaslowThe Wildwater Walking Club by Claire CookAll is Vanity by Christina Schwarz
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
704 books — 1,190 voters
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  LawsonLove Is a Mix Tape by Rob SheffieldNot a Happy Camper by Mindy SchneiderOperating Instructions by Anne LamottBitter Is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
Must Read Memoirs
1,240 books — 840 voters

Moldylocks and the Three Beards by Noah Z. JonesThe True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaGoldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo WillemsJohn, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
Fractured Fairy Tales for Children
261 books — 94 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonDelicious! by Ruth ReichlThe Divorce Papers by Susan  Rieger
Epistolary Fiction
856 books — 849 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best True Crime
1,384 books — 2,009 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  LawsonBitter Is the New Black by Jen LancasterUganda Be Kidding Me by Chelsea HandlerNot a Happy Camper by Mindy Schneider
Funny Women Memoirs
464 books — 1,613 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyMurder with Peacocks by Donna AndrewsDeath by Darjeeling by Laura ChildsMurder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne GeorgeMum's the Word by Kate Collins
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,641 books — 2,719 voters

Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisDelicious! by Ruth Reichl
Foodie Novels
248 books — 165 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha ChristieMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieA Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
136 books — 1,481 voters

The Secret Keeper by Kate MortonGrange House by Sarah BlakeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónBittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
Modern Gothic
719 books — 1,375 voters
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi PicoultThe Pact by Jodi Picoult
Best Jodi Picoult Books
29 books — 1,653 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Birth House by Ami McKayThe Gap Year by Sarah Bird
Best Women's Fiction Novels
2,125 books — 1,665 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonA Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesThe Flamenco Academy by Sarah Bird
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,308 books — 1,137 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  LawsonWho Moved My Blackberry? by Lucy KellawayBitter Is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
Laugh 'til you Pee Books
110 books — 180 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Beach House by James  PattersonKiss the Girls by James  Patterson
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,908 books — 6,888 voters

The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie KinsellaSavannah Breeze by Mary Kay AndrewsSummer Blowout by Claire CookBoy Meets Girl by Meg CabotSushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes
Chick Lit for the Beach
1,387 books — 1,786 voters
The Postmistress by Sarah BlakeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Secret Keeper by Kate MortonA Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,451 books — 2,384 voters


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