I Was Told to Come Alone by Souad MekhennetAn Odyssey by Daniel MendelsohnThe Islamic Enlightenment by Christopher de BellaigueHow to Survive a Plague by David FranceBorder by Kapka Kassabova
The Baillie Gifford Prize 2017 Longlist
2nd out of 12 books — 9 voters
HomoAmerican - The Secret Society by Michael K. DaneYou Can't Buy Love Like That by Carol E. AndersonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsFun Home by Alison BechdelBoy Erased by Garrard Conley
Best Gay Memoirs
30th out of 204 books — 93 voters

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffEx Libris by Anne FadimanThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterBook Lust by Nancy PearlThe Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
Best Non-Fiction Books About Books and Reading
265th out of 1,038 books — 531 voters
Lessons Learned by Laurie KossThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsFun Home by Alison BechdelCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastPatrimony by Philip Roth
Father Memoirs
21st out of 113 books — 60 voters

Native Son by Richard WrightDarth Vader and Son by Jeffrey   BrownSons and Lovers by D.H. LawrenceThe Son of Neptune by Rick RiordanFathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Sons
65th out of 353 books — 50 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteLoaded by Christos TsiolkasMonkey Grip by Helen GarnerPraise by Andrew McGahanBig Sur by Jack Kerouac
goodstuff
13th out of 21 books — 1 voter

Islands of Abandonment by Cal FlynSuper-Infinite by Katherine RundellLegacy of Violence by Caroline ElkinsThe Escape Artist by Jonathan FreedlandMy Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally  Hayden
The Baillie Gifford Prize
39th out of 71 books — 2 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanSin Padres, Ni Papeles by Stephanie L. CanizalesAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie LeeThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanA Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Migration related good reads
19th out of 44 books — 8 voters

Book Lovers by Emily HenryThe Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
What Women Born in the '90s Have Read in 2022
920th out of 2,718 books — 460 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA Dream Called Home by Reyna GrandeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2021 American College Summer Reading Lists
47th out of 100 books — 3 voters

The Godfather by Mario PuzoRamona and Her Father by Beverly ClearyMaus I by Art SpiegelmanFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngFathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Fathers
373rd out of 552 books — 48 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Last Olympian by Rick RiordanThe Odyssey by HomerThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Best Books About Mythology
672nd out of 1,394 books — 2,219 voters

Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth StroutThe Best of Us by Joyce MaynardDear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun LiSticky Fingers by Joe HaganAdvice from the Lights by Stephen Burt
San Francisco Chronicle 2017 100 recommended books
90th out of 100 books — 2 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerThe Iliad by Homer
Best Trojan War Retellings
48th out of 94 books — 136 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Aeneid by VirgilMythology by Edith Hamilton
About the Trojan War
125th out of 274 books — 258 voters

Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannLess by Andrew Sean GreerEducated by Tara WestoverThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonAmerican Wolf by Nate Blakeslee
Now Read This: PBS NewsHour/New York Times Book Club
33rd out of 39 books — 15 voters
The Time Traveler's Handbook by James WyllieThe Bucket List by Kath StathersThe Stowaway by Laurie Gwen ShapiroSecret Marvels of the World by Lonely PlanetLonely Planet's Atlas of Adventure 1 by Lonely Planet
Insatiable Readers': Adventurous Travel
6th out of 13 books — 1 voter

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
1844th out of 6,937 books — 978 voters
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil FerrisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannGlass House by Brian  AlexanderGirls & Sex by Peggy OrensteinAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Fresh Air 2017
124th out of 147 books — 40 voters