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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
65th out of 1,654 books — 2,957 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
10th out of 260 books — 284 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesThere There by Tommy OrangeThe Immortalists by Chloe BenjaminThe House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2019
11th out of 92 books — 190 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Cavalier by Israh AziziI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
[ATY 2021] - Muslim Character or Author
6th out of 212 books — 129 voters

Pachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
[ATY 2021] - Featuring an Immigrant
13th out of 211 books — 110 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasBecoming by Michelle ObamaMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Popsugar 2020 - A Book by a Woman of Color
63rd out of 590 books — 291 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSolito by Javier ZamoraInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
[ATY 2026] Z in Title or Author
29th out of 849 books — 64 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerNormal People by Sally RooneyMilkman by Anna BurnsMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghWashington Black by Esi Edugyan
Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Eligible Books
24th out of 94 books — 138 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBrideCirce by Madeline MillerThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
[ATY 2025] NPR's Books We Love
102nd out of 431 books — 75 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
[ATY 2023] Asian Diaspora
38th out of 325 books — 92 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
55th out of 304 books — 138 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensBecoming by Michelle ObamaEducated by Tara WestoverEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019
371st out of 6,622 books — 866 voters

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. SutantoDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukDial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. SutantoPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
[ATY 2024] Author with JQZX in Name
77th out of 986 books — 92 voters
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Godfather by Mario PuzoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Family Saga Novels
185th out of 856 books — 879 voters

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
[ATY 2021] - Ensemble Cast
54th out of 287 books — 91 voters
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Family Sagas
140th out of 642 books — 688 voters

Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriA Place for Us by Fatima Farheen MirzaThe Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur JaswalErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Indian Women's Fiction - Immigration
3rd out of 21 books — 4 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
1243rd out of 6,940 books — 979 voters

Pachinko by Min Jin LeeNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Books Written by Asian Authors
43rd out of 457 books — 89 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMy Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik BackmanWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
[ATY 2024] Pronoun in Title
81st out of 717 books — 83 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaEducated by Tara WestoverWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
What We've Read So Far in 2019
399th out of 6,530 books — 661 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteWashington Black by Esi EdugyanThe Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
2019 BookTube Prize Longlist
20th out of 48 books — 20 voters

Us Against You by Fredrik BackmanThe Book Ninja by Ali BergThe Last Sun by K.D. EdwardsStill Lives by Maria HummelThe Book of M by Peng Shepherd
June 2018 Buzz Books
6th out of 41 books — 51 voters
Never My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniNever My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
355th out of 1,039 books — 1,693 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
2018: What the Over-35s Are Reading
396th out of 2,747 books — 301 voters
Sophia, der Tod und ich by Thees UhlmannDas erste Buch der Träume by Kerstin GierDie Vermessung der Welt by Daniel KehlmannWas man von hier aus sehen kann by Mariana LekyTschick by Wolfgang Herrndorf
Books on German Spotify
24th out of 219 books — 25 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataFlames by Robbie ArnottFrankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
2020 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist
16th out of 155 books — 12 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
144th out of 453 books — 220 voters

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. RowlingFantastic Beasts by J.K. RowlingStrange the Dreamer by Laini TaylorThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix SweeneyThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Books with shiny covers
11th out of 70 books — 15 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Place for Us by Fatima Farheen MirzaWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
ATY 2020 - Genre/Subgenre that Starts with a Letter in Your Name
2nd out of 74 books — 18 voters

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