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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on Family Grounds by Susan RowlandThose Empty Eyes by Charlie DonleaThe Reluctant Juror by Baldwin HughesHidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
2,060 books — 1,922 voters
Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterHeretical Fishing by Haylock JobsonThe Three Witches and the Master by Max NowazBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeA Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes
All Sorts Favourites
1,691 books — 1,558 voters

The Selection by Kiera CassThe Elite by Kiera CassThe One by Kiera CassSuddenly Royal by Nichole ChaseCinder by Marissa Meyer
Lovely Tales of Modern Royals
426 books — 798 voters
Eden 2 by Joseph A. AndersonThe Doomsday Butcher by S.E. StitcherTHE SUPER by D.L. MaddoxIn the Shadows of the Blitz by Mark EllisSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz
The 52 Book Club 2026: #49 - In The 800's Of The Dewey Decimal System
277 books — 656 voters

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireEasy by Tammara WebberThoughtless by S.C. StephensSlammed by Colleen HooverEffortless by S.C. Stephens
Books For Girls In College
371 books — 543 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerAriadne by Jennifer SaintA Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Greek Mythology Retellings!
309 books — 540 voters

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Penguin Modern Classics
405 books — 489 voters
One Day by David NichollsOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelSaturday by Ian McEwanMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
Contemporary British Novels
514 books — 409 voters

魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù人渣反派自救系统 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù二哈和他的白貓師尊 by Rou Bao Bu Chi RouHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Chinese BL or Danmei Novels
531 books — 387 voters
On the Road by Jack Kerouac1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books for the Modern Day Hippie, Bohemian, Free Spirit
440 books — 336 voters

I Want My Hat Back by Jon KlassenThe Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DaywaltExtra Yarn by Mac BarnettThe Dark by Lemony SnicketRosie Revere, Engineer (The Questioneers by Andrea Beaty
Favorite MODERN Picture Books
743 books — 290 voters
Press Here by Hervé TulletThis Is Not My Hat by Jon KlassenDon't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo WillemsI Want My Hat Back by Jon KlassenClick, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
Best Modern Children's Picture Books
468 books — 282 voters

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra ClareHeir of Fire by Sarah J. MaasCress by Marissa MeyerThe One by Kiera CassWinter by Marissa Meyer
Highest Expectations for the Future 2014 and Beyond
225 books — 282 voters
Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth EulbergThe Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie SuEpic Fail by Claire LaZebnikBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingMy Own Mr. Darcy by Karey White
Best Modern Pride and Prejudice
174 books — 280 voters

No Urgency To Be Home by Neha R. KrishnaStranger to the Beautiful by Don HynesA Thousand Mornings by Mary OliverThe Essential Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiBright Dead Things by Ada Limon
Short Poetry Must Reads
186 books — 237 voters
Exotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonSeptember Verses by Hunter S. JonesRevel by Michael IndemaioA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonA World of Verse by Christopher Shields
Modern Indie Poets
165 books — 202 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Modern-day Classics
366 books — 200 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsDefending Jacob by William LandayIn the Woods by Tana French
Mysteries For Deep Thinkers
339 books — 200 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
100 best novels - modern library
165 books — 109 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSetting the Family Free by Eric D. GoodmanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Literary Fiction of "(y)our time"
208 books — 103 voters

The Cold Dish by Craig JohnsonKindness Goes Unpunished by Craig JohnsonDeath Without Company by Craig JohnsonThe Blessing Way by Tony HillermanAnother Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson
Best Modern Western Mysteries
232 books — 98 voters
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsLooking for Alaska by John GreenPrep School Confidential by Kara TaylorThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. LockhartWicked Little Secrets by Kara Taylor
Boarding Schools in Contemporary YA
149 books — 93 voters

Shōgun by James ClavellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenRainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiA Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Best Novels About Japan
72 books — 86 voters
The Secret of Excalibur by Sahara FoleyIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanAt the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. Lovecraft
Best Weird Fantasy
104 books — 80 voters

Don't Get Caught by Kurt DinanThe Art of Holding On and Letting Go by Kristin Bartley LenzEvery Move I Have Made by Philippa CameronThe Unexpected Everything by Morgan MatsonSummer of Sloane by Erin L. Schneider
Realistic YA Novels of 2016
85 books — 77 voters
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken LiuWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinNight at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections
125 books — 75 voters

Othello by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Greatest Liars & Cheaters
128 books — 58 voters
Tortured Rake by Sarah MorganDoukakis's Apprentice by Sarah MorganThe Man She Loves To Hate by Kelly HunterWanted by Her Lost Love by Maya BanksSurf, Sea and a Sexy Stranger (Modern Heat) by Heidi Rice
Harlequin M&B Presents
54 books — 54 voters

Ballet Boy by Anfaney GladwinDance Demons by Juliet M. SampsonA Tempest Soul by Oliver PhippsThe Cowboy Rode A Harley by Susan ArdenZoya by Danielle Steel
Best Dance Themed Books
30 books — 37 voters
Dance Demons by Juliet M. SampsonA Tempest Soul by Oliver PhippsTaking Flight by Michaela DePrince84 Ribbons by Paddy EgerAstonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
Into the World of Dance
104 books — 27 voters

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