The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
[ATY 2026] Road Trip or Long Journey
288 books — 47 voters
The Grey Wolf by Louise PennyBruno, Chief of Police by Martin  WalkerBonded in Death by J.D. RobbSpirit Crossing by William Kent KruegerSleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
[ATY 2026] Part of a Series
332 books — 26 voters

The Complete Works by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Must Read Classics
1,851 books — 4,608 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAntigone by SophoclesAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollBath Tangle by Georgette HeyerThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
Titles that start with #, A, or B
1,726 books — 119 voters

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesMatrix by Lauren GroffIt Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisGreat Books by David DenbyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
What We've Read So Far in 2025
2,639 books — 125 voters
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayUniform Justice by Donna Leon
Titles that start with U, V, or W
1,724 books — 147 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollAccompanying Alice by Terese RaminTravels with Alice by Calvin TrillinAlice Nizzy Nazzy by Tony JohnstonMy Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase
Books about Alice
162 books — 70 voters
To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton WilderUnnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayersThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleAspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster
Best Books 1927
50 books — 47 voters

April Lady by Georgette HeyerThere Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Pam AdamsShield's Lady by Amanda GlassGarth Pig and the Icecream Lady by Mary RaynerFounding Mothers by Cokie Roberts
"Ladies" in the Title
1,002 books — 64 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe 39 Steps by John BuchanLittle, Big by John CrowleyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Separate Peace by John Knowles
Great "JOHNS" Of Literature.
281 books — 36 voters
Bonecrack by Dick FrancisShroud for a Nightingale by P.D. JamesMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanA Woggle of Witches by Adrienne Adams
Best Books 1971
142 books — 62 voters

Arabella by Georgette HeyerJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDancing at Midnight by Julia QuinnThe Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig
"Arabella"
151 books — 21 voters

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettFlying Finish by Dick FrancisSpeaking from Among the Bones by Alan BradleyThe Conquering Family by Thomas B. Costain
Titlemania V: Participles & Gerunds
175 books — 10 voters
The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyMinn of the Mississippi by Holling Clancy HollingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerPrince Caspian by C.S. LewisThe Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
Best Books 1951
102 books — 50 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisThe Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,943 books — 5,204 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Uncommon Reader by Alan BennettLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusSomeone to Trust by Mary BaloghHow to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn
"Elizabeth"
333 books — 40 voters

The Egg and I by Betty MacDonaldThe Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel PinkwaterChanticleer and the Fox by Barbara CooneyThe Little Red Hen by Paul GaldoneMy Little Hen by Alice Provensen
Chickens
91 books — 36 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirTransient Desires by Donna Leon
Titles that start with R, S, or T
1,551 books — 89 voters

The Devil's Star by Jo NesbøHeat Wave by Barbara DelinskyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Phew! What A Scorcher!
188 books — 27 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingRavished by Amanda QuickThe Duke and I by Julia QuinnSimple Jess by Pamela Morsi
Best Fiction With Disfigured/Disabled Leads
1,168 books — 1,059 voters