Carrie by Stephen        KingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanMedea by EuripidesFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Evil Moms!
75 books — 72 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanAdoption Is a Lifelong Journey by Kelly DiBenedettoThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Books With Adopted Characters
128 books — 48 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyThe Lost Family by Libby CopelandThe Color of Water by James   McBrideThe Foundling by Paul Joseph FronczakIt's All Relative by A.J. Jacobs
Family history and genealogy memoirs
99 books — 37 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOliver Twist by Charles DickensWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Books Involving Blended Families
267 books — 62 voters

Sons by Pearl S. BuckSon of the Black Stallion by Walter FarleySon by Lois LowryNotes of a Native Son by James BaldwinThe Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Sons
348 books — 47 voters

The League of Wives by Heath Hardage LeeDear Husband by Joyce Carol OatesThe Question of the Unfamiliar Husband by E.J. CoppermanMaster Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo
Husbands
333 books — 39 voters
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. DavisDiscipline and Punish by Michel FoucaultThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderAmerican Prison by Shane BauerLocked Down, Locked Out by Maya Schenwar
Prison Abolition
136 books — 49 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Pilot's Wife by Anita ShreveThe Zookeeper's Wife by Diane AckermanThe Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Wives
683 books — 138 voters

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryThe Horse by Wendy   WilliamsInside of a Dog by Alexandra HorowitzAre We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de WaalVoices in the Ocean by Susan Casey
Animal Science for Adults
270 books — 78 voters
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCinder Edna by Ellen JacksonNoblesse Oblige by Uri KurlianchikNot All Princesses Dress in Pink by Jane Yolen
Unconventional Princesses (and Princes)
331 books — 100 voters

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne CollinsTrue or False by Cindy L. OtisThe Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Young Adult Novels 2020
384 books — 789 voters
The Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Girls disguised as Boys
849 books — 959 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerFrog Music by Emma DonoghueThe Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg
Women who Dressed As Men
172 books — 50 voters
The Radium Girls by Kate  MooreCode Girls by Liza MundyNot One Damsel in Distress by Jane YolenWitches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara EhrenreichWomen Heroes of World War II by Kathryn J. Atwood
The Overlooked Women of History
943 books — 216 voters

Dawn by Octavia E. ButlerThe Alliance by Gerald N. Lund
Outstanding Science Fiction & Fantasy
27 books — 11 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Alliance by Gerald N. Lund
Dystopian (Book) Club
8 books — 3 voters

Oliver Twist by Charles DickensMandy by Julie Andrews EdwardsThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Lost Boy by Dave PelzerMy Heart is on the Ground by Ann Rinaldi
Orphanages
181 books — 58 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiMy Beloved World by Sonia SotomayorWhen Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly HayslipFarewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
353 books — 66 voters

Forever... by Judy BlumeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierIt by Stephen        KingRubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Feels Like the First Time
321 books — 49 voters
March by John             LewisThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanD-Day, June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. AmbroseOctober by China MiévilleMarch by John             Lewis
Best Books with a Month in the Title
599 books — 69 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnI Am America by Stephen ColbertA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiDrift by Rachel Maddow
The Daily Show Reading Club
338 books — 231 voters
Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz RyanThe Fire Pony by Rodman Philbrick
1990s Middle Grade Standalones
203 books — 15 voters

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterThree Summers by Amra Sabic-El-RayessThe Bookworm Crush by Lisa Brown RobertsMallory's Guide to Boys, Brothers, Dads, and Dogs by Laurie B. Friedman
Crushes in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
423 books — 19 voters
The Color of Water by James   McBrideRoots by Alex HaleyIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann JacobsBlack Like Me by John Howard GriffinKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Mixed Race Readings
204 books — 129 voters