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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best children's books EVER
2,093 books — 2,091 voters
Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry ArgovMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John GrayThe 5 Love Languages by Gary ChapmanHe's Just Not That Into You by Greg BehrendtFrom Hurt to Happiness by Mr Mike Van
Best Relationship Non-Fiction
361 books — 479 voters

Motorcycle Man by Kristen AshleyWait for It by Mariana ZapataSweet Dreams by Kristen AshleyAt Peace by Kristen AshleyRoom for You by Beth Ehemann
Best Romance with a Single Parent
380 books — 426 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Bildungsroman book
364 books — 323 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Orphans
719 books — 237 voters
Never Love a Highlander by Maya BanksIn Bed with a Highlander by Maya BanksSuddenly You by Lisa KleypasAnnie's Song by Catherine AndersonThe Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
Pregnant Heroines in historical romance
216 books — 231 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Royal Fiction
525 books — 226 voters
Voyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson WhiteThe Girl Who Came Home by Hazel GaynorThe Second Mrs. Astor by Shana AbeFateful by Claudia GrayRaise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler
Fiction about the Titanic
135 books — 182 voters

Wait for It by Mariana ZapataSustained by Emma ChaseBe My Hero by Linda KageRoomHate by Penelope WardWorth the Fall by Claudia Connor
Stand In Parent
117 books — 169 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddLife of Pi by Yann MartelRoom by Emma DonoghueLord of the Flies by William Golding
Adult Fiction With Child Protagonist
218 books — 145 voters

The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. LewisThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Kin
1,706 books — 129 voters
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Fictitious Australia
462 books — 115 voters

The Little Mermaid by Walt Disney CompanyThe Forbidden Vial by Nathalie LaineFlipping the Scales by Pete TarsiMermaid Tales from Around the World by Mary Pope OsborneThe Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
Mermaids
174 books — 98 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Cavalier by Israh Azizi
Young Authors
267 books — 97 voters

Growth by Karen DeBonisThe Governess Game by Tessa DareWait for It by Mariana ZapataSmooth Talking Stranger by Lisa KleypasThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Aunt/Uncle Caring for (orphaned) Niece/Nephew
150 books — 71 voters
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. MilneSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingBleak House by Charles Dickens
Our house in the middle of our street
344 books — 58 voters

A Twist in the Tale by Trudie CollinsTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Ride by Kostya KennedyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Two Word Titles
498 books — 48 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Brothers Lionheart by Astrid LindgrenMio, My Son by Astrid LindgrenRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid LindgrenPancakes for Findus by Sven Nordqvist
Swedish Children's Books
85 books — 45 voters

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. SeussMia's Magic Wand by Peter VolkofskyThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
319 books — 44 voters
Everlasting by Carol JohnsonDaddy's Hobby by Owen JonesBangkok 8 by John BurdettCatching the Sun by Tony ParsonsKilled at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill
Fictitious Thailand
56 books — 41 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Bad Seed by William MarchThe Omen by David SeltzerPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Evil Kids
146 books — 37 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe African Queen by C.S. ForesterA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Where are you from?
335 books — 37 voters

Wishful Drinking by Carrie FisherI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyBossypants by Tina FeyI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiAs You Wish by Cary Elwes
I am a celebrity let me write.
265 books — 36 voters
Paul & Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy by Paul StuartA Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena de BlasiThe Tuscan Secret by Angela PetchNow and Then in Tuscany by Angela PetchUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Tuscany
49 books — 35 voters

Is He Ever Going to Leave His Wife? by Martess DowlingMommie Dearest by Christina CrawfordMy Sergei by Ekaterina GordeevaMust you go? by Antonia FraserJohn by Cynthia Lennon
Famous Friends, Family or people I worked for/with
224 books — 31 voters
In Search of the Return by Joshua RaymondQuiet American by Graham GreeneLotusland by David JoinerThe Lover by Marguerite DurasTree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Fictitious Vietnam
54 books — 31 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes DodgeGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomBoxes for Katje by Candace Fleming
Netherlands
157 books — 29 voters
Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth HoytA Duke of Her Own by Eloisa JamesRansom by Julie GarwoodDevil's Daughter by Lisa KleypasSlightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
Wee: Children in Historical Romance
139 books — 27 voters

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. SeussI Want My Hat Back by Jon KlassenThis Is Not My Hat by Jon KlassenMiz Fannie Mae's Fine New Easter Hat by Melissa Milich
Hats off to Hats! Children's Books about Hats
144 books — 20 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlBeing Bree by Christine Sromek LaforetThe Last Samurai by Helen DeWittA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleIsaac and His Devils by Fernanda Eberstadt
Gifted Children in Fiction
15 books — 18 voters

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