Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Tortured Heroes
55 books — 52 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Holocaust
127 books — 61 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,665 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
696 books — 579 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Fantasy and Science-Fiction Books
450 books — 322 voters

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Rick BunsenBabes in Toyland by Toby BluthToy Story by Betty G. BirneyJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgA Horse's Tale by Nancy Luenn
Children's Literature - Sentient Toys
321 books — 89 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutBanana Rose by Natalie GoldbergThe Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan WiggsWhat's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges
Characters with Fruit Names
187 books — 24 voters

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vintage YA/MG Books With POC Leads
251 books — 44 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantBecoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan HenryRoots by Alex Haley
Biographic Fiction
733 books — 302 voters

The Berenstain Bears Go to School by Stan BerenstainTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeAll I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert FulghumA Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home by Sue HalpernHelen Keller's Teacher by Margaret Davidson
School Words
803 books — 40 voters
The Ugly Duckling by Jerry PinkneyGiraffes Can't Dance by Giles AndreaeThe Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. SeussAmazing Grace by Mary HoffmanThe Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
It's Good to Be Me
336 books — 158 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWater for Elephants by Sara GruenSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyJoyland by Stephen        KingThe Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
Circus/Carnival Books
703 books — 1,082 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamOne Summer by Bill BrysonMain Street by Sinclair Lewis
I am '20s, hear me roar!
483 books — 245 voters

American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsAnxious People by Fredrik BackmanA Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel AllendeDeacon King Kong by James   McBrideThe Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
583 books — 1,239 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternNight of the New Magicians by Mary Pope OsborneJoyland by Stephen        King
It Happened at the Fair
243 books — 38 voters

A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund MinarikKissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy and Other Misheard Lyrics by Gavin EdwardsKiss Kiss by Roald DahlMama's Last Hug by Frans de Waal
Hugs and Kisses
781 books — 53 voters
The Stand by Stephen        King1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
This Is the End...
991 books — 1,589 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickThe Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Best Steampunk Books
1,234 books — 4,086 voters
Rainbow Valley by L.M. MontgomeryEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellThe Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson CooperJimi by Gary GolioStanding in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
Rainbow Titles and Authors
405 books — 52 voters

Fascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraChildren of Nazis by Tania CrasnianskiBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Road Not Taken by Max Boot
Historical Nonfiction 2018
217 books — 51 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonLife of Pi by Yann MartelQueen of the Road by Doreen OrionThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsWild by Cheryl Strayed
Best Vicarious Experiences
84 books — 68 voters

The Awakening by Kate ChopinAwakenings by Oliver SacksAwake in the Dark by Roger EbertWhy I Wake Early by Mary OliverWhen the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells
Awake Titles
360 books — 31 voters
These Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerThe Right Word by Jen BryantMartin's Big Words by Doreen RappaportBest Little Word Book Ever by Richard ScarryRichard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry
Wordy Titles
663 books — 35 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiQuiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie Tung
Feminine Titles
1,654 books — 42 voters
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonBook Love by Debbie TungThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Books With Book In The Title
235 books — 6 voters