An Author's Odyssey by Chris ColferThe Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
605 books — 945 voters
A Grimm Warning by Chris ColferThe Wishing Spell by Chris ColferWild Born by Brandon MullThe Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de LintPeter by Christopher Daniel Mechling
Middle Grade Novels of 2013
376 books — 810 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Historical Fiction 2016
339 books — 877 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDark Money by Jane Mayer
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
518 books — 270 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Books Made into Movies
1,103 books — 436 voters

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
“Cindy”
38 books — 7 voters
The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
“Denise”
17 books — 2 voters

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilloHush by Jacqueline WoodsonGossamer by Lois Lowry
2000s Middle Grade Standalones
218 books — 13 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
A WWII Reading List
717 books — 378 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneEichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
Essential Books on the Holocaust
198 books — 195 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
YA Holocaust & WWII Novels
394 books — 788 voters

The Horse Hunters by Robert Newton Peck
1980's Young Adult Standalones
309 books — 23 voters
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratneyLove You Forever by Robert MunschHappy Valentine's Day, Mouse! by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe Valentine Bears by Eve BuntingSnowy Valentine by David Petersen
Valentine's Day for Young Children
335 books — 75 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis1984 by George OrwellThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Totally GREAT Books!
688 books — 316 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerCold Mountain by Charles FrazierOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
A Good Book To Take Me Away
614 books — 105 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanThe American Plague by Molly Caldwell Crosby
Medical Microhistories
94 books — 87 voters
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThen Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy BlumeDeenie by Judy BlumeForever... by Judy BlumeGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
1970's Young Adult Standalones
253 books — 34 voters

Spare Parts by Paul CraddockThe Story of Russia by Orlando FigesLast Call at the Hotel Imperial by Deborah  CohenThe Beatles by The BeatlesAnd There Was Light by Jon Meacham
History Published in Year: 2022
713 books — 85 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking1491 by Charles C. MannWhy the West Rules—for Now by Ian Morris
Big History
265 books — 106 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensProfit Over People by Noam Chomsky
Radical Thoughts for the 21st Century
206 books — 111 voters
The Cerulean by Amy EwingHow to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow
YA Novels of 2019
864 books — 3,026 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahThe Boat People by Sharon BalaWarlight by Michael OndaatjeSong of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik
Anticipated 2018 Literary Fiction
217 books — 197 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggTiger Eyes by Judy BlumeA Girl Called Vincent by Krystyna Poray GodduCircle of Friends by Maeve BinchyMurder, She Meowed by Rita Mae Brown
Surprise - She's a Girl!
286 books — 28 voters
The Radium Girls by Kate  MooreCode Girls by Liza MundyThe Romanov Sisters by Helen RappaportFreedom's Daughters by Lynne OlsonNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Women's History Written By Women
976 books — 191 voters

Eragon by Christopher PaoliniEldest by Christopher PaoliniThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBrisingr by Christopher PaoliniThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
YA Second World Fantasy
560 books — 738 voters