The Poet's Companion by Kim AddonizioOn Writing by Stephen        KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books For Writers
131 books — 113 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienNever Cry Wolf by Farley MowatRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Incredible First Chapters
24 books — 10 voters

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTwo Classics by Roald Dahl by Roald Dahl
kids can read books
71 books — 10 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseySilent Spring by Rachel CarsonFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years
75 books — 8 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsRoom by Emma DonoghueDivergent by Veronica RothInsurgent by Veronica RothThe World of Divergent by Veronica Roth
6 Girls BookClub
22 books — 8 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisEragon by Christopher PaoliniCalvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe Giver by Lois Lowry
DIY Book List
28 books — 8 voters
The Angel Experiment by James  PattersonLooking for Alaska by John Green
YA LOVERS GUIDE TO BOOK BUYS
108 books — 14 voters

Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke100 Selected Poems by E.E. CummingsThe Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost
Best Poetry Books
2,969 books — 2,414 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
What should we read
66 books — 12 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Young Adult Holocaust/WWII Books
87 books — 105 voters

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit by Chuck DixonA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
DCPL's Teen Fantasy Booklist
109 books — 88 voters
Romanov by Nadine BrandesPotency by Aubrey HadleyThe Memory Thief by Lauren MansyOnce & Future by A.R. CapettaDemon in the Whitelands by Nikki Z. Richard
Most Beautiful YA Covers of 2019
66 books — 105 voters

Before We Were Yours by Lisa WingateOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineThe Orphan's Tale by Pam JenoffThe Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving
Amazing Books (Fiction)
161 books — 10 voters

Shakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Complete Poetry by Maya Angelou“Harlem Night Club” — Jazz poetry from the Harlem Renaissance... by Langston Hughes
Awesome Poetry
128 books — 7 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Magnolia Story by Chip GainesDave Ramsey's Complete Guide To Money by Dave RamseyMarley and Me by John GroganDewey by Vicki Myron
Best Non fiction and Memoirs
147 books — 8 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryHoles by Louis SacharBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonLove You Forever by Robert MunschWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books for Children and Teens
55 books — 5 voters
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreDon Juan by Lord ByronCromwell by Victor HugoThe Lake by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books of the Decade: 1820s
200 books — 150 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleySense and Sensibility by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 323 voters
Poems in Two Volumes by William WordsworthAladdin by Adam Oehlenschläger
Best Books of the Decade: 1800s.
103 books — 93 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,349 books — 1,778 voters
Joseph Smith by Richard L. BushmanWallenberg by Kati Marton
Best Biographies
1,648 books — 2,928 voters