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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionA Year Without "Made in China" by Sara BongiorniNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichDon't Smile Until Christmas by Kevin Ryan
A Year in the Life
195 books — 314 voters
Shooting Script by Gavin LyallCelebrity in Death by J.D. RobbMagic Hour by Leigh Anne WilliamsWelcome to Temptation by Jennifer CrusieI Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
Fiction On The Film Set
96 books — 9 voters

The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareAcqua Alta by Donna LeonDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas MannInferno by Dan BrownThus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell
Books Set in Venice
308 books — 270 voters
Bath Tangle by Georgette HeyerA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesBaltimore Blues by Laura LippmanThe Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel PinkwaterNew York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
Cities
1,589 books — 137 voters

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas HardyThe Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. SayersBruno, Chief of Police by Martin WalkerBootlegger's Daughter by Margaret MaronMass by Leonard Bernstein
Jobs, Career, Vocation
667 books — 56 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradHow the Light Gets In by Louise PennyDark Sky by C.J. BoxThe Light in the Forest by Conrad RichterDown a Dark Road by Linda Castillo
Books Of Darkness And Light
413 books — 32 voters

Life Among the Savages by Shirley JacksonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussI Hate to Housekeep Book by Peg Bracken
Best Humorous Non-Fiction
579 books — 238 voters
Carved in Bone by Jefferson BassPostmortem by Patricia CornwellSpeaking in Bones by Kathy ReichsThe Chalk Pit by Elly GriffithsThe Night Killer by Beverly Connor
Forensic Fiction: The Best of the Best...and the Worst of the Worst
114 books — 34 voters

Glory in Death by J.D. RobbBorn in Fire by Nora RobertsFinger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet EvanovichCircus of the Damned by Laurell K. HamiltonKiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Popular Romance on Goodreads with between 50000 and 100000 ratings
624 books — 31 voters
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie DillardBringing Nature Home by Douglas W. TallamyWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Nature Books
1,151 books — 764 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Complete English Poems by John DonneA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorThe Lagoon and Other Stories by Joseph ConradLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Great Books: No Novels Need Apply
453 books — 128 voters
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganSummoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda JonesHeat Wave by Richard CastleI Am America by Stephen Colbert
Books I Regret Reading
2,248 books — 3,226 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareRosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuireThe Grand Sophy by Georgette HeyerNaked in Death by J.D. Robb
Best Female Character
1,025 books — 449 voters
The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent BenétRikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard KiplingA Rose for Emily by William FaulknerMaster And Man by Leo TolstoyThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Single Short Story
790 books — 310 voters

Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora WeltySredni Vashtar by SakiThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeA Rose for Emily by William FaulknerThe Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry
What is the best short story that you ever read?
251 books — 36 voters
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George SaundersThe Lady of the Lake by Walter ScottGift from the Sea by Anne Morrow LindberghSpirit Lake by MacKinlay KantorThe Lagoon and Other Stories by Joseph Conrad
Books with Bodies of Water in the Titles
918 books — 72 voters

April Lady by Georgette HeyerLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottReading the Landscape of Europe by May Theilgaard WattsDown To The Beach by May GarelickLight in August by William Faulkner
Months of the Year
498 books — 63 voters
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James MustichHow to Read a Book by Mortimer J. AdlerThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Book of Life by Deborah HarknessThe Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
My favourite books with book in the title
126 books — 3 voters

A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth GeorgeTroubled Blood by Robert GalbraithMarriage by Design by Cathy Gillen ThackerMistletoe and Murder by Carola DunnThe House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
Books set in Cornwall
261 books — 92 voters
The Heathens by Ace AtkinsFarewell to the Flesh by Edward SklepowichFat Tuesday by Sandra BrownSome Like It Hot by Patricia CoughlinCrescent Carnival by Frances Parkinson Keyes
Mardi Gras -- Fasching -- Fastnacht -- Karneval -- Carnaval -- Carnival -- Carnevale -- Lent
78 books — 26 voters

Twelfth Night by William ShakespeareThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirHenry V by William ShakespeareRichard II by William ShakespeareThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
A Position of One's Own: Ordinal Numbers: First, Second... Last
753 books — 71 voters
The Art of Teaching by Gilbert HighetThe Thread That Runs So True by Jesse StuartTeaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil PostmanHow to Read a Book by Mortimer J. AdlerThe Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
Books for Teachers/Educators
780 books — 616 voters

The Egg and I by Betty MacDonaldCheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonConfederates in the Attic by Tony HorwitzOwls in the Family by Farley Mowat
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
924 books — 1,245 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Uncommon Reader by Alan BennettIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Scholar-Adventurers by Richard D. Altick
Books on Books: Bookmaking, Biblioclasm, Bibliophilia
421 books — 362 voters

Open Season by C.J. BoxIron Lake by William Kent KruegerThe Poacher's Son by Paul DoironShadow of the Wolf Tree by Joseph HeywoodDark Sky by C.J. Box
Books about game wardens
77 books — 7 voters
What Rose Forgot by Nevada BarrA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensCeline by Peter HellerThe Patriarch by Martin WalkerOedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
Books About Old People
533 books — 186 voters

Dead Land by Sara ParetskyDivine Inspiration by Jane LangtonWhat to Listen for in Music by Aaron CoplandThe Cliffs of Night by Beatrice BrandonEvenings With the Orchestra by Hector Berlioz
Books About Music/Musicians
400 books — 16 voters
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George SaundersThe Madness of Crowds by Louise PennyThe Dawn of Everything by David GraeberThe Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesTransient Desires by Donna Leon
Best Books of 2021
1,433 books — 1,619 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Escher Twist by Jane LangtonBaltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,483 books — 259 voters
A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve HamiltonShadow of the Wolf Tree by Joseph HeywoodA Superior Death by Nevada BarrGathering Prey by John SandfordSucker Punch by Laurell K. Hamilton
Literature Set in Michigan's Upper Penninsula
134 books — 41 voters