Pawn of Prophecy by David EddingsMagician by Raymond E. FeistThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyDragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisQueen of Sorcery by David Eddings
Best Fantasy of the 80s
343 books — 691 voters
1984 by George OrwellEvery Five Years by Christine ArdigoThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanMagic America by C.E. MedfordThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books Set in the Eighties
208 books — 86 voters

The Whip by Karen KondazianReturn to Me by Kelly MoranCity of Ashes by Cassandra ClareFrostbite by Richelle MeadShadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
Books that should be made into a movie/tv show
1,535 books — 1,101 voters
Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightDiplomacy by Henry KissingerLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
American Foreign Policy
461 books — 271 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
549 books — 384 voters
Just Listen by Sarah DessenIf I Stay by Gayle FormanThis Lullaby by Sarah DessenWhere She Went by Gayle FormanNick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music
885 books — 1,025 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,989 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,422 voters


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