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The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLooking for Alaska by John Green
I Cried When I Read This
1,015 books — 1,762 voters
Vampire Academy by Richelle MeadUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBlood Promise by Richelle MeadShadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
all genres of books for teens
499 books — 287 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum1984 by George OrwellThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksA Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Most Disturbing Books
253 books — 240 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter LordTitanic by Don LynchThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. BallardThe Night Lives On by Walter LordThe Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
Best Titanic Books
168 books — 229 voters

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriA Man with A White Shadow by Vikram SuryawanshiThe Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Asian Authored Books in 2021
146 books — 205 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenForbidden by Tabitha SuzumaRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Tragic Romances
139 books — 179 voters

Forbidden by Tabitha SuzumaLIAM by R. Janet WalravenWe Were Liars by E. LockhartThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books that punch life and happiness in the gut, and make the reader want to go to the nearest bridge over water and jump (but they don't, because that would be horrible)
234 books — 165 voters
A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreUck It List by Jimmy TudeskiBattersea Parker by Jimmy TudeskiBloodsucking Fiends by Christopher MooreFool by Christopher Moore
Dark hilarious witty books
181 books — 155 voters

Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint HillRobert Kennedy by Evan ThomasFive Days in November by Clint HillBrothers by David TalbotJackie, Ethel, Joan by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Books About the Kennedy Family (Non-Fiction)
198 books — 153 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniFinding Her Feet by Jams N. RosesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiOne Day by David Nicholls
Most Heartbreaking
171 books — 129 voters

Anastasia by Carolyn MeyerThe Kitchen Boy by Robert AlexanderThe Lost Crown by Sarah MillerThe Romanov Brides by Clare McHughForty-Ninth by Boris Pronsky
Fiction featuring the Romanov Family
77 books — 111 voters
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
476 books — 83 voters

Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoThe Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan PoeCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoAn Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
Raven & Crow
241 books — 79 voters
ホリミヤ 1 [Horimiya 1] by HeroKaichou wa Maid-Sama!, vol. 2 by Hiro Fujiwara好きっていいなよ。1 [Suki tte Ii na yo 1] by Kanae HazukiDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaElectric Daisy 1 by Kyousuke Motomi
Manga Mania
266 books — 66 voters

Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh BaskinThe Memory of Things by Gae PolisnerAll We Have Left by Wendy MillsTowers Falling by Jewell Parker RhodesEleven by Tom Rogers
9/11 in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
42 books — 47 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Lost City of Z by David GrannSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanIf I Can't Have You by Gregg OlsenFinding Everett Ruess by David Roberts
What happened to them?
55 books — 46 voters

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareTiger Lily by Jodi Lynn AndersonThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Pisces Fiction
93 books — 33 voters
Alive by Piers Paul ReadMiracle in the Andes by Nando ParradoFlight 232 by Laurence GonzalesThe Mystery of Flight 427 by Bill AdairLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Planes - accidents
79 books — 31 voters

Her Rock Star Mountain Man by Ella BraemeRamona and Her Father by Beverly ClearyHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoMonster, She Wrote by Lisa KrögerButting Heads With Her Mountain Man by Ella Braeme
She Her or Hers in the title
260 books — 25 voters
Faith & Funnies by Robert D Dean30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyThe Three O’Clock Calls by Tom SmithAll Is Well by Matin Miryeganeh
Memoirs About Finding Faith in Tragedy
4 books — 23 voters

Faith & Funnies by Robert D Dean30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyThe Widow Chose Red? by Rachel Kerr SchneiderSmall-Town Chaos by L. FochtLanded by Jennifer Lang
Inspiring Memoirs About Love, Faith, and Resilience
6 books — 22 voters
No Safe Harbour by Julie LawsonTides of Honour by Genevieve GrahamBarometer Rising by Hugh MacLennanWho's a Scaredy-Cat! by Joan PayzantThe Birth House by Ami McKay
Halifax Explosion Fiction
31 books — 21 voters

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee BurtonThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisGuarding His Obsession by Alexa RileyHolding His Forever by Alexa RileyA Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
He Him or His in the title
377 books — 18 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter LordTitanic Survivor by Violet JessopThomas Andrews by Shan F. BullockThe Night Lives On by Walter LordTitanic by Alan Hustak
Titanic People
36 books — 17 voters

Columbine by Dave CullenOutrage by Vincent BugliosiFor Laci by Sharon RochaCruel Sacrifice by Aphrodite JonesWho Killed My Daughter? by Lois Duncan
Gone forever but never forgotten
54 books — 17 voters
Paint It All Red by S.T. AbbySidetracked by S.T. AbbyAll the Lies by S.T. AbbyScarlet Angel by S.T. AbbyThe Risk by S.T. Abby
Best books to ever exist
38 books — 17 voters

The Last Secret of The Soul by Stephen P. SmithA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBirdsong on Holbeck Moor by Billy Morris
War Stories From All Theatres Of War
210 books — 14 voters
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryFences by August WilsonThe Piano Lesson by August WilsonGem of the Ocean by August WilsonMa Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson
Plays and Dramas by African-Americans
101 books — 12 voters

One Day in October by Yair AgmonWe Will Dance Again by Aviva GatRoad to October 7 by Erik SkareBattles in White by Yael DreznikGaza Faces History by Enzo Traverso
War Against Hamas (Testimonies about the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack and the Gaza War)
107 books — 10 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteOld Yeller by Fred GipsonOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
I has a sad.
40 books — 8 voters

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