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An American Marriage by Tayari JonesEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Leeساعة بغداد by Shahad Al RawiThere There by Tommy OrangeRainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2018
64th out of 260 books — 284 voters
The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al RawiEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeRainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanThis I Know by Eldonna EdwardsThe Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Anticipated 2018 Literary Fiction
31st out of 225 books — 198 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghSeverance by Ling MaTranscription by Kate AtkinsonMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2018 Book Preview
30th out of 105 books — 87 voters
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiThe Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al RawiAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeThe Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
2018 Books by Native Authors & Authors of Colour
138th out of 453 books — 220 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Overstory by Richard PowersSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Only Story by Julian BarnesCirce by Madeline Miller
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018
113th out of 158 books — 237 voters
Scream All Night by Derek MilmanThe Door to the Lost by Jaleigh JohnsonCampfire by Shawn SarlesThe Russia Hoax by Gregg JarrettAll These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth
July 2018 Releases
7th out of 29 books — 24 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiWhen Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
[ATY 2023] Who, What, When, Where, Why in Title
122nd out of 969 books — 114 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEducated by Tara WestoverI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraCirce by Madeline MillerThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Amazon 2018 Top 100 (Print) Books
40th out of 100 books — 33 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
52 Book Club 2023: #20 A Book About Siblings
159th out of 511 books — 166 voters
The Nothing by Hanif KureishiThe Immortalists by Chloe BenjaminThe Afterlives by Thomas PierceEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeRed Clocks by Leni Zumas
60 Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2018
52nd out of 59 books — 1 voter

The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesThe Road by Cormac McCarthyHidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
[ATY 2023] Route of Travel
407th out of 633 books — 105 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Elephants in My Backyard by Rajiv SurendraAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangHudson Taylor by Marshall BroomhallThe Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Delicious 1st or 2nd Generation Fiction & Memoir
8th out of 19 books — 2 voters

Book Lovers by Emily HenryThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata MasseyThe Bodyguard by Katherine CenterLove Lettering by Kate ClaybornTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Modern Mrs. Darcy 2022 Summer Reading Guide
30th out of 42 books — 6 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouTender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Complete Sentences
249th out of 414 books — 26 voters

Red Sorghum by Mo YanDream of Ding Village by Yan LiankeThe Republic of Wine by Mo YanThe Garlic Ballads by Mo YanFrog by Mo Yan
Contemporary Chinese Fiction
13th out of 51 books — 8 voters
The Art of War by Sun TzuTao Te Ching by Lao TzuDream of the Red Chamber by Cao XueqinWild Swans by Jung ChangMonkey by Wu Cheng'en
Chinese Literature
317th out of 323 books — 153 voters

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanBecoming by Michelle ObamaEducated by Tara WestoverThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2019
2507th out of 2,588 books — 304 voters
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidAuntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario GiordanoI'll Be Your Blue Sky by Marisa de los SantosUnmarriageable by Soniah KamalAsk Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
MMD Summer Reading 2018-2019
13th out of 54 books — 4 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithLove You Forever by Robert MunschOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
I, You, Me, We, Us, They in The Title
99th out of 339 books — 16 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
2018: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2018
5148th out of 6,940 books — 979 voters

The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery MartinThe Boat People by Sharon BalaThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata MasseyAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesThe Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Modern Mrs. Darcy 2018 Summer Reading Guide
25th out of 25 books — 9 voters
From Lukov with Love by Mariana ZapataThe Simple Wild by K.A. TuckerLook the Part by Jewel E. AnnThe Kiss Quotient by Helen HoangGetting Schooled by Emma Chase
Books to read in 2018
18th out of 61 books — 30 voters

Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian LiAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeLove War Stories by Ivelisse RodriguezAll You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
46 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2018
47th out of 50 books — 43 voters


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