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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
3,015 books — 3,031 voters
Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboWorm Holes by Kyle KeyesLove is the Answer, God is the Cure by Aimee Cabo NikolovBentwhistle the Dragon in a Threat from the Past by Paul CudeA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton
Indie Writers Unite!
1,223 books — 996 voters

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
728 books — 576 voters
Natasha by Suzanne FinstadStories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob LoweMe by Katharine HepburnBossypants by Tina FeyDiana by Andrew Morton
Celebrity Biography
945 books — 330 voters

National Geographic by Leah Bendavid-ValThe Art Book by Phaidon PressAlways a Traveler, Never a Tourist by Judy BloombergAnsel Adams by Ansel AdamsPortraits by Steve McCurry
Best Coffee Table Books
593 books — 290 voters
Eating Smoke by Chris ThrallVampyre Kisses by Elizabeth J. KolodziejWerewolf Descent by Elizabeth J. KolodziejThe Thirty-Ninth Victim by Arleen WilliamsThe Moon Dwellers by David Estes
Writers and Readers List
332 books — 280 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
women writers
614 books — 262 voters
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienDrown by Junot Díaz
Best Reading for the Contemporary Writer
127 books — 225 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBinti by Nnedi OkoraforDawn by Octavia E. ButlerLilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler
Black Speculative Fiction
351 books — 155 voters
On the Come Up by Angie ThomasThe Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola YoonChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiDread Nation by Justina IrelandStreetlight People by Charlene Thomas
Masterlist of Black YA Writers
173 books — 147 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Books about Books and Authors
210 books — 137 voters
CEO-Stories by Michael EastwoodIntroduction to System Design by Shivam SinghDrive by Daniel H. PinkEveryday Entrepreneurs by Ken HornThe 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Freelancing by David R. Rodriguez
Best Business Books for People Who Work for Themselves
159 books — 136 voters

Sea of Lost Souls by Emerald DodgeBlood and Shadow by Robin LythgoeThe Gates of Golorath by R.M. GarinoA Change of Rules by L.L. ThomsenImmortals' Requiem by Vincent Bobbe
SPFBO 5
285 books — 134 voters
Magdalena by Cecilia Manguerra BrainardBefore Ever After by Samantha Sotto YambaoNo Boyfriend Since Birth by Claire Betita de GuzmanTimawa by A.C. FabianTitser by Liwayway A. Arceo
Filipino Novels
71 books — 110 voters

On Writing by Stephen KingThe Emotion Thesaurus by Angela AckermanThe Positive Trait Thesaurus by Angela AckermanThe Negative Trait Thesaurus by Angela AckermanSave the Cat by Blake Snyder
Best How To Writing Books
98 books — 81 voters
Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCalico Jack in your Garden by Karl WigginsNobody Asked Me, But .... by Karl Wiggins
Scary People Who Write Books
106 books — 70 voters

When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda SantiagoOne Tough Cookie by Delise TorresConquistadora by Esmeralda SantiagoRita Moreno by Rita MorenoDoña Julia by Alberto O. Cappas
Puerto Rican Authors
176 books — 64 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Cambridge University
238 books — 62 voters

Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny ReidOne Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLeanThe Countess Conspiracy by Courtney MilanMr. Impossible by Loretta ChaseRavished by Amanda Quick
Brilliant romance heroines and the men who love them
124 books — 61 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Books You Should Read Before You Read Another White Dude
464 books — 61 voters

Silent Night Suspect by Sharee StoverDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneUndercover Protector by Elizabeth GoddardThread of Revenge by Elizabeth Goddard
Love Inspired Suspense Series
52 books — 56 voters
Beast by Pepper PaceBrooklyn's Song by Sydney ArrisonScarred by Twyla TurnerAgnes Moor's Wild Knight by Alyssa ColeEvery Last Breath by Juno Rushdan
Romance Novels by Women of Color
283 books — 53 voters

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleJust as I Am by Cicely Tyson
Dead in 2021: The Authors We Lost
609 books — 49 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyNorth and South by John JakesRememberings by Sinéad O'ConnorThe Sweet Hereafter by Russell BanksThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
Dead in 2023: The Authors We Lost
740 books — 49 voters

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanBeyond Uhura by Nichelle NicholsThe Measure of a Man by Sidney PoitierWolf Hall by Hilary MantelOlivia Newton-John. Don't Stop Believin by Olivia Newton-John
Dead in 2022: The Authors We Lost
612 books — 39 voters
მოთხრობები by Goderdzi ChokheliThree Poems by Vazha-Pshavelaკაცია-ადამიანი?! by Ilia Chavchavadzeმე, ბებია, ილიკო და ილარიონი by Nodar DumbadzeData Tutashkhia by Chabua Amirejibi
Best Georgian Books
57 books — 36 voters

The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno SchulzOgniem i mieczem by Henryk SienkiewiczQuo Vadis by Henryk SienkiewiczIn Desert and Wilderness by Henryk SienkiewiczPotop by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Best Polish Authors
64 books — 33 voters
Positive Winning Soul Defeating Prader-Willi Syndrome by Rhoda L. Ross-WilliamsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouWill in the World by Stephen GreenblattOn Writing by Stephen KingWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Writers' Lives (nonfiction)
367 books — 32 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherWhat's So Funny? by Tim Conway
Dead in 2019: The Authors We Lost
212 books — 15 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia PlathA Writer's Diary by Virginia WoolfA Writer's Diary 1873-1881 by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 6 by Anaïs Nin
Writers Journals and Diaries
75 books — 14 voters

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