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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on Family Grounds by Susan RowlandThose Empty Eyes by Charlie DonleaHidden Pictures by Jason RekulakTwenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
2,004 books — 1,555 voters
Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterHeretical Fishing by Haylock JobsonBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeThe Three Witches and the Master by Max NowazA Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes
All Sorts Favourites
1,596 books — 1,408 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
423 books — 796 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerAriadne by Jennifer SaintA Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesLore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
Greek Mythology Retellings!
292 books — 502 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
416 books — 491 voters
One Day by David NichollsOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelHedge King in Winter by Michael E. DellertSaturday by Ian McEwan
Contemporary British Novels
509 books — 420 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二哈和他的白猫师尊 by Rou Bao Bu Chi RouHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Chinese BL or Danmei Novels
527 books — 382 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
437 books — 333 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 by Andrea Beaty
Favorite MODERN Picture Books
725 books — 290 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
223 books — 281 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
171 books — 279 voters
Press Here by Hervé TulletThis Is Not My Hat by Jon KlassenDon't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo WillemsClick, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninI Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
Best Modern Children's Picture Books
438 books — 257 voters

Plausible Liars by Lin WilderEden 2 by Joseph A. AndersonSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Ghost of Seagull Cottage by Anne AllenThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The 52 Book Club 2026: #49 - In The 800's Of The Dewey Decimal System
214 books — 228 voters
No Urgency To Be Home by Neha R. KrishnaWhite Knuckle by Steven BruceCaffeine by Steven BruceMilk and honey by Rupi KaurExotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton
Short Poetry Must Reads
171 books — 199 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
162 books — 195 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Modern-day Classics
366 books — 194 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
335 books — 194 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"
209 books — 104 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
229 books — 95 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
150 books — 95 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
52 Book Club 2023: #44 A Contemporary Setting
387 books — 94 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
71 books — 85 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
121 books — 73 voters

Othello by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Greatest Liars & Cheaters
128 books — 57 voters
Tortured Rake by Sarah MorganDoukakis's Apprentice by Sarah MorganThe Man She Loves To Hate by Kelly HunterSurf, Sea and a Sexy Stranger (Modern Heat) by Heidi RiceThe Devil and the Deep by Amy Andrews
Harlequin M&B Presents
54 books — 53 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
106 books — 28 voters

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