Editors' Top Picks
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna RaybournA Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee HuberThe Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNealWhy Kill the Innocent by C.S. HarrisTo Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear
Historical Mystery 2018
19th out of 144 books — 211 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillThe Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin HallThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoA Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
Best Multicultural Mysteries
17th out of 225 books — 125 voters

The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Wife Between Us by Greer HendricksLethal White by Robert GalbraithUnder a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-DayThe Woman in the Water by Charles Finch
Most Anticipated Mysteries 2018
17th out of 120 books — 173 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
[ATY 2022] 22 Letters in Title
23rd out of 681 books — 87 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Diviners by Libba BrayA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Popsugar 2020 - Set in the 1920s
10th out of 98 books — 131 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
4859th out of 32,285 books — 123,187 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysFruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas ContrerasEuphoria by Lily KingThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Books set in the Tropical Regions of the World
5th out of 225 books — 33 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
[ATY 2022] 3 Different Continents (Asia)
5th out of 229 books — 74 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanHamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
[ATY 2022] Powell's Award Winners
45th out of 258 books — 84 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Moon Gate by Amanda GeardThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
[ATY 2024] History or Historical Fiction
38th out of 783 books — 120 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniPachinko by Min Jin LeeKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
[ATY 2022] Asian or Pacific Islander Author
33rd out of 343 books — 119 voters
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
45th out of 260 books — 284 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Likeness by Tana FrenchIn the Woods by Tana French
[ATY 2022] Female Detective/Police Officer
21st out of 254 books — 109 voters
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllisterOrdinary Grace by William Kent KruegerThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
[ATY 2026] Mystery or True Crime
9th out of 444 books — 41 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
[ATY 2024] BIPOC Main Character
53rd out of 710 books — 88 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
1675th out of 8,752 books — 8,938 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books With Unforgettable Characters
2529th out of 9,509 books — 8,705 voters
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MorrisBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
ATY 2020 - Place in the Title
16th out of 746 books — 83 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Must Read Books- Different Genres
3559th out of 14,635 books — 10,834 voters
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersA Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry ThomasThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
First in Series--Historical Mysteries
16th out of 276 books — 57 voters

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanBeartown by Fredrik BackmanIf I Stay by Gayle FormanEveryone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin StevensonAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
[ATY 2024] Part of a Series
6th out of 642 books — 56 voters
The Unhoneymooners by Christina LaurenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoMoloka'i by Alan BrennertWide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
[ATY 2023] Tropical Setting
24th out of 309 books — 99 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaShantaram by Gregory David RobertsSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
India
135th out of 1,028 books — 880 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
[ATY 2022] Historical Fiction
67th out of 526 books — 113 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
458th out of 6,940 books — 979 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
452nd out of 2,213 books — 4,719 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearA Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
Agatha Mystery Award Nominees and Winners
36th out of 281 books — 107 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara WestoverWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Best Books of 2018
287th out of 1,654 books — 2,957 voters

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidCinder by Marissa MeyerEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartySix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Popsugar 2020 - recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club
64th out of 304 books — 138 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
[ATY 2022] Set in 1900-1950
59th out of 356 books — 89 voters

« previous 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Listopia Home