Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThe Covenant by James A. MichenerKaffir Boy by Mark MathabaneLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaBiko by Donald Woods
Best Books Set in South Africa
276 books — 25 voters
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyRabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonWhat Alice Forgot by Liane MoriartyThe Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
Best Books Set in Australia
1,071 books — 586 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Novels With Sexual Abuse as a Subject
340 books — 159 voters
The Shining by Stephen        KingDracula by Bram StokerPet Sematary by Stephen        KingIt by Stephen        King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen        King
Bring on the Creepy!
694 books — 466 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Martian by Andy WeirRoom by Emma DonoghueRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Books About Loneliness and Isolation
289 books — 46 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Holy Bible by AnonymousFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books That You Should Read
652 books — 315 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyJames by Percival EverettTravels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Best Social and Political Satires
494 books — 498 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankOut of Africa by Isak DinesenRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Life in a Foreign Country
792 books — 389 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Big Cats
434 books — 100 voters

Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Good Rain by Timothy EganThe Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
Books Set in Washington State
498 books — 148 voters

The Cider House Rules by John IrvingA Spark of Light by Jodi PicoultA Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol OatesBlack and Blue by Anna QuindlenTrout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan
Novels with Abortion as a Subject
195 books — 60 voters
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeCarrie by Stephen        KingThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Menstruation and PMS in Fiction
373 books — 58 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Novels about Motherhood
384 books — 195 voters
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce CameronThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinMarley and Me by John GroganWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsOld Yeller by Fred Gipson
Dog Lovers
659 books — 533 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThornyhold by Mary  StewartTouch Not the Cat by Mary  Stewart
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405 books — 28 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Outdoor Survival Fantasy
110 books — 63 voters
Black Beauty by Anna SewellMy Friend Flicka by Mary O'HaraThe One Dollar Horse by Lauren St. JohnThe Black Stallion and the Stranger by Walter Farley
Horse girl books
59 books — 5 voters

Black Beauty by Anna SewellWar Horse by Michael MorpurgoThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe Black Stallion by Walter Farley
Horse Power
4 books — 3 voters
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloBlack Beauty by Anna SewellA Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce CameronMarley and Me by John GroganThe Dog Who Rescues Cats by Philip González
Best Books For Animal Lovers
103 books — 28 voters

Black Beauty by Anna SewellThe Black Stallion by Walter FarleyThe Unicorn Princess by Babette ColeBlack Beauty's Family by Josephine Pullein-ThompsonSon of Black Beauty by Phyllis Briggs
Tween Horse Books!
213 books — 28 voters
The Island Stallion by Walter FarleyStormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite HenryThe Island Stallion Races by Walter FarleyThe Island Stallion's Fury by Walter FarleyThe Black Stallion and Flame by Walter Farley
Horses on Islands
26 books — 7 voters

Holes by Louis SacharThen Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy BlumeIt by Stephen        KingDandelion Wine by Ray BradburyDarius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Teenage Boy Friendship Books
215 books — 34 voters