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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
753 books — 637 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAhab by Brad HuestisThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Coming of Age Books for Adult Readers
252 books — 331 voters

The Boy Kingdom by Achy ObejasLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Books With Beautiful Prose
238 books — 170 voters
The Boy Kingdom by Achy ObejasMilk and honey by Rupi KaurThe Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda LovelaceThe Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi KaurThe Witch Doesn't Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace
Poetry and Prose–Female Authors
308 books — 138 voters

The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsStarfish by Lisa FippsBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonClap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
52 Book Club 2025: #17 - Told In Verse
156 books — 107 voters
Deathless by Catherynne M. ValenteJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDevil's Intern by Jayme PhelpsThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
SciFi & Fantasy Books With Beautiful Prose
111 books — 101 voters

To Say Goodbye Again by Jac WintersA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonObject Found by Gusztáv BágerThe Unwords by Non NomenAll the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg
Books in Poem
86 books — 98 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMilena by Olja KnezevicThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Trial by Franz KafkaI Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal
Best Novels from Eastern Europe
198 books — 85 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Nobel Prize Contenders
79 books — 70 voters
Exotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonAn Old Man by Eric M. BlackBetween The Lines by Céline ZabadRevel by Michael IndemaioAnxiety by Danny Winter
Powerful Poetry
64 books — 65 voters

Твърди Перейра by Antonio TabucchiСамотата на простите числа by Paolo GiordanoАко пътник в зимна нощ by Italo CalvinoСилата на миналото by Sandro VeronesiМен не ме е страх by Niccolò Ammaniti
Поредица „Съвременна европейска проза“ на издателство Colibri
125 books — 40 voters
Exotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonAn Old Man by Eric M. BlackBetween The Lines by Céline ZabadAnxiety by Danny WinterLullaby of Love by Rebecca Winning
Best Poetry Collections
39 books — 38 voters

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Novellas, Novelettes and Short Fiction That Are Great
70 books — 36 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCaesar by Colleen McCulloughThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisPompeii by Robert Harris
Stylish Ancient Rome & Greece Historical Fiction
99 books — 35 voters

Beyond the Last Time by Noah TuyaRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Most Beautiful Writing
105 books — 31 voters
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorOpen Secrets by Alice Munro
Badass Women Authors Killing the Prose/Short Fiction Game
83 books — 26 voters

Anxiety by Danny WinterWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterNever Go with Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Ipswich Bus by Robbie FranklinEchoes from a Cobbled Street by David Hayes
Words that Influence
45 books — 17 voters
The Further Adventures of Batman by Martin H. GreenbergBatman by Dennis O'NeilCat-Tales Book 4 by Chris DeeCat-Tales Book 5 by Chris DeeBatman by Andrew Vachss
Batman Prose Stories
26 books — 16 voters

If Hearts Had Training Wheels by Ellen EverettThe Soul Whispers Poetry by Vikki KoplickSacred Animal Activism by Vikki KoplickTo the Man I Loved Too Much by Gabrielle G.Unsent Love Letters by R. Clift
Poetic Whispers of the Soul
29 books — 14 voters
Catatonic Smile by Julian AguirreMiracle of the Rising Sun by Joseph SciutoA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesBond and Song by Mera AkianaHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Characters and Settings You'll Think About For Months
14 books — 7 voters

Soulful Holidays by Ciara L. HillThe All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Patricia C. McKissackI Got the Christmas Spirit by Connie Schofield-MorrisonUnder the Christmas Tree by Nikki GrimesCocoa Mistletoe by Ciara L. Hill
Christmas Picture Books by African-American Authors
34 books — 6 voters
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPaul Clifford by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Purple Prose
42 books — 6 voters

De Rerum Natura by David HillstromTséyi' / Deep in the Rock by Laura ToheOcean Power by Ofelia ZepedaNri Kryne by Mara DuryeaWalking the Clouds by Grace L. Dillon
Sun Tracks — Creative Works by Native Americans
73 books — 5 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA Dream Called Home by Reyna GrandeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2021 American College Summer Reading Lists
101 books — 4 voters

Clover by Dori SanderssThe Queen's Envoy by Lord David ProsserHis Dark Enchantress by Victoria ChathamSpeak Gigantular by Irenosen OkojieThe Mothers by Brit Bennett
Call Number Curated Book Selections
57 books — 3 voters
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 by Lucille CliftonThe Hungry Ear by Kevin YoungThe VITAL SYSTEM by C.M. BurroughsThe Grey Album by Kevin YoungShoulda Been Jimi Savannah by Patricia Smith
2012 Poetry by African-Americans
9 books — 2 voters

All Along You Were Blooming by Morgan Harper NicholsSofter God by Carisa DownsLet Be What Is by Anna MichalThe Turning Aside by D.S. Martin
Contemporary Christian/Spiritual Poetry
4 books — 1 voter
The Song of Roland by UnknownThe Romance of the Rose by Guillaume de LorrisGargantua and Pantagruel by François RabelaisLe Cid by Pierre CorneillePhèdre by Jean Racine
Old French Literature
14 books — 1 voter

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