They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
Dark Academia
363 books — 1,492 voters
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
The Plane! The Plane!
300 books — 51 voters

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareDistress Signals by Catherine Ryan HowardDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoBefore the Fall by Noah HawleyThe Other Passenger by Louise Candlish
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
370 books — 84 voters
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire FullerSwimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
Best Dysfunctional Family Novels
178 books — 100 voters

Dear Child by Romy HausmannOur Endless Numbered Days by Claire FullerMirrorland by Carole JohnstoneDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Novels about childhood trauma
101 books — 10 voters
The Four Winds by Kristin HannahTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Great Depression
203 books — 79 voters

The Family Upstairs by Lisa JewellThe Room by the Lake by Emma DibdinThe Poison Garden by Alex Marwood
Cults and Communes in Fiction
359 books — 157 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen  KingTime and Time Again by Ben EltonDark Matter by Blake CrouchRecursion by Blake CrouchThe Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. WatsonWhat Alice Forgot by Liane MoriartyThe Truth About Melody Browne by Lisa JewellThe Asylum by John HarwoodMr. Nobody by Catherine Steadman
Amnesia and Memory Loss Fiction
429 books — 351 voters
The Other Mrs. by Mary KubicaEight Perfect Murders by Peter  SwansonThe Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesThe Other People by C.J. TudorDarling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
Mystery & Thriller 2020
367 books — 570 voters

No One's Home by D.M. PulleyThe Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Haunted House Books
176 books — 174 voters

The Weight of Lies by Emily CarpenterThe Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
Book within a book
77 books — 64 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Orphan's Tale by Pam JenoffThe Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls by Ursula Hegi
Circus/Carnival Books
700 books — 1,081 voters
Why Did You Lie? by Yrsa SigurdardottirDNA by Yrsa SigurdardottirThe Reckoning by Yrsa SigurdardottirSomeone to Watch Over Me by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Books set in Iceland and Greenland
154 books — 137 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensScrublands by Chris HammerThe Escape Room by Megan GoldinAn Unwanted Guest by Shari LapenaThe Retreat by Mark  Edwards
Best Atmospheric Setting
163 books — 48 voters

The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Chalk Man by C.J. TudorSometimes I Lie by Alice FeeneyThe Perfect Mother by Aimee MolloyThe Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Mystery & Thriller 2018
296 books — 368 voters
Pieces of Her by Karin SlaughterBaby Teeth by Zoje StageUnspeakable Things by Sophie Kersey11 Missed Calls by Elisabeth CarpenterEyes Like Mine by Sheena Kamal
Mother & daughter thrillers
24 books — 6 voters

The Good Samaritan by John MarrsThe Dry by Jane HarperThe Last Child by John  HartThe Scandal by Fredrik BackmanOur Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
Best Book I Couldn't Put Down
284 books — 184 voters
Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Last Hours by Minette Walters
Bubonic Plague
96 books — 58 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Physician by Noah GordonThe Last Hours by Minette WaltersThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best Middle Ages Books
1,221 books — 1,702 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe River at Night by Erica FerencikThin Air by Michelle PaverForce of Nature by Jane Harper
Best Survival Stories
1,153 books — 1,606 voters

Jasper Jones by Craig SilveyThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanBreath by Tim WintonDustfall by Michelle   Johnston
Books set in Western Australia
125 books — 42 voters
Emma in the Night by Wendy   WalkerDon't Close Your Eyes by Holly SeddonThe Girls by Lisa JewellThe Silent Sister by Diane ChamberlainSister by Rosamund Lupton
Sister Mysteries
53 books — 12 voters

Ich bin dann mal weg by Hape KerkelingPetra's Ghost by C.S. O’Cinneide
Camino de Santiago
199 books — 107 voters
The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler
2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
13 books — 37 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather   MorrisThe Wish Child by Catherine ChidgeyDevastation Road by Jason HewittAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,885 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters


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