The Color of Water by James   McBrideUp from Slavery by Booker T. WashingtonThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois12 Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
African American Lives
455 books — 203 voters
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtFirestarter by Stephen        KingThe Fire Next Time by James BaldwinPrairie Fires by Caroline Fraser
Smoke and Fire
1,109 books — 51 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Best 1800s Historical Fiction
452 books — 272 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantWatership Down by Richard  Adams
Favorite Fiction
568 books — 282 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Firm by John GrishamThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
White Collar Holler
128 books — 96 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Actual Best Books Ever
243 books — 135 voters
James by Percival EverettTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckBossypants by Tina FeyWater for Elephants by Sara GruenA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Smart & Funny
179 books — 333 voters

Born a Crime by Trevor NoahEducated by Tara WestoverSeriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneresA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonI Am America by Stephen Colbert
Funny Memoir/Autobiography
447 books — 735 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Amazing World-building Stories
32 books — 7 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
SFF: Best Settings
37 books — 10 voters

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
SFF: Best Prose
35 books — 14 voters
The Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
SFF: Best Characters
90 books — 16 voters

Rocket Boys by Homer HickamThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Devil Is Here in These Hills by James R. GreenColored People by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
West Virginia
210 books — 91 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
803 books — 489 voters

What a Book! by Tom T. HallShut Your Monkey by Danny GregoryTattoo a Banana by Phil HansenDon't Buy Too Many Green Bananas by Delores M. WarnerGarfield Goes Bananas by Jim Davis
Bananas
183 books — 22 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouWhere Men Win Glory by Jon KrakauerGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenQB by Steve     YoungTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,092 books — 1,950 voters
The Library Book by Susan OrleanFirestarter by Stephen        KingBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonDevil in the Grove by Gilbert KingBurning the Books by Richard Ovenden
That Fire Was No Accident!
193 books — 27 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczySlammerkin by Emma DonoghueThese Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
18th Century Historical Fiction
163 books — 71 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryTess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas HardyAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Favorite 19th Century Heroines
45 books — 73 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Haunting of Granite Falls by Eva IbbotsonThe Haunting of America by William J. Birnes
“The Haunting of...”
248 books — 28 voters
Cannery Row by John SteinbeckAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. SeussThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan PoeMain Street by Sinclair Lewis
City Streets
867 books — 102 voters

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonaldThe Princess and the Pea by Janet StevensThe Frog Princess by E.D. BakerThe Light Princess by George MacDonald
Princess in the Title
424 books — 34 voters
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellA Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel AllendeThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanMoby-Dick by Herman MelvilleLord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Waves on Cover
325 books — 19 voters


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