The Waking by Theodore RoethkeNew Hampshire by Robert FrostAmerican Primitive by Mary OliverTurtle Island by Gary SnyderSelected Poems, 1928-1958 by Stanley Kunitz
Pulitzer Winners: Poetry
102 books — 53 voters
No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns GoodwinParting the Waters by Taylor BranchFreedom from Fear by David M. KennedyEmbers Of War by Fredrik LogevallPolio by David M. Oshinsky
Pulitzer Winners: History
106 books — 109 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni Morrison
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
99 books — 269 voters
Harvey by Mary   ChaseDriving Miss Daisy by Alfred UhryLong Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'NeillCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
90 books — 54 voters

The Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryDinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne TylerBirdy by William WhartonUnder a Wild Sky by William Souder
Pulitzer Prize Finalists
81 books — 103 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Book My Father Gave Me
265 books — 225 voters
Black Beauty by Anna SewellThe Black Stallion by Walter FarleyMy Friend Flicka by Mary O'HaraStormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite HenryThe Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
Best Horse Fiction
361 books — 213 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHoles by Louis SacharAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,671 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBeloved by Toni MorrisonFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,249 books — 2,428 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Books that most influenced you
2,640 books — 1,221 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
1,060 books — 712 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonBecoming by Michelle Obama
Books by Black Authors
907 books — 365 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellHow the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
Critical Thinking
194 books — 135 voters

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida CowellI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah  GreenThe Angel Experiment by James  PattersonThe Gunslinger by Stephen        King
YA and Adult Leads with Disabilities
138 books — 44 voters
Going Home by Jon KatzOn Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Grief Books
25 books — 22 voters

A Grief Observed by C.S. LewisThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeNight by Elie WieselLoving Someone Who Has Dementia by Pauline G. BossOn Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Best Books About Grief
348 books — 263 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Authors from Idaho
149 books — 19 voters

The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamilloA Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Your Top 5 Reads in 2022
588 books — 197 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,277 books — 1,406 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
773 books — 1,401 voters
The Notebook by Nicholas SparksA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksMessage in a Bottle by Nicholas SparksSee Me by Nicholas Sparks
Best Nicholas Sparks Books
23 books — 1,913 voters

The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichOperating Instructions by Anne LamottTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckNot Buying It by Judith Levine
A Year in the Life
195 books — 314 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberrySong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Best African American Books
1,001 books — 1,136 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Eye Catching Titles
317 books — 128 voters