The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonMe Before You by Jojo MoyesShe-Wolves by Helen CastorDead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
Before and After in the Title
125th out of 826 books — 52 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Big Sea by Langston HughesDust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale HurstonI Wonder as I Wander by Langston HughesThe Life of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad
Author Biographies and Memoirs
252nd out of 426 books — 125 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.3 and Above
2557th out of 3,131 books — 478 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudConsider This by Chuck PalahniukSteering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin
My Favorite Books on Writing
4th out of 14 books — 2 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
75647th out of 76,971 books — 286,453 voters
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Grifters by Jim ThompsonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Shining by Stephen  KingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Cult Writers
86th out of 92 books — 2 voters

Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldSmall Wars Manual by U.S. Marine CorpsDelta Force by Charlie A. BeckwithThe ISIS Solution by Jack MurphyHidden War by John Nores
Negative library - the off-limits
45th out of 100 books — 1 voter
Misery by Stephen  KingKindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeach Read by Emily HenryYellowface by R.F. KuangThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Popsugar 2024 #4 - A Book About a Writer
68th out of 186 books — 150 voters

The Conscious Style Guide by Karen YinStory by Robert McKeeWriting on Empty by Natalie GoldbergThe Story Grid by Shawn CoyneThe Write Structure by The Write Practice
Over 50 of the Best Books For Writers (2024)
50th out of 55 books — 7 voters
The 19th Wife by David EbershoffHolly by Stephen  KingNightmare Fuel by Nina NessethThe Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. HarrowThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Abandoned in 2024
27th out of 58 books — 11 voters

Mistborn by Brandon SandersonEngineering Thermodynamics by P.K. NagThe Tenth Muse by A.F. KayThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanA Song of Ice and Fire, 5-Book Boxed Set by George R.R. Martin
McNasty Audiobookshelf List
169th out of 251 books — 14 voters