Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García MárquezLittle, Big by John CrowleyOld Glory  by Jonathan RabanThe Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha GrimesA Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard
Best Books of 1981
326 books — 159 voters
The Collected Stories by Eudora WeltyCosmos by Carl SaganThe Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid BanksAutumn Story by Jill BarklemSummer Story by Jill Barklem
Best Books of 1980
326 books — 211 voters

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard ShlainThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk KiddCeltic Devotional by Caitlín MatthewsCeltic Folklore Cooking by Joanne Asala
Best Goddess/ Women's Religion Books
186 books — 108 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyKing Arthur and His Knights by Thomas MaloryThe Sword in the Stone by T.H. WhiteA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Best Arthurian Fiction
474 books — 1,430 voters

Storm Front by Jim  ButcherGood Omens by Terry PratchettGhost Story by Jim  ButcherHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Man with the Golden Torc by Simon R. Green
Urban Fantasy With Male Lead Characters
1,021 books — 1,412 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPeople We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryVenetia by Georgette HeyerMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareFamily Man by Jayne Ann Krentz
Slow romance
864 books — 2,022 voters

A Better Man by Louise PennyWhat Rose Forgot by Nevada BarrInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezDark Star by Alan StrachanConnections in Death by J.D. Robb
Best Books of 2019
1,403 books — 1,967 voters
Hatchet Island by Paul DoironThe Scholar-Adventurers by Richard D. AltickOver the Edge by Michael P. GhiglieriConfederates in the Attic by Tony HorwitzA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Vicarious Thrills
385 books — 429 voters

Ravished by Amanda QuickSylvester or The Wicked Uncle by Georgette HeyerAn Offer From a Gentleman by Julia QuinnLord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseThe Wedding by Julie Garwood
5 Star Historicals
252 books — 36 voters
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James MustichThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Thread That Runs So True by Jesse StuartIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Titles with 5 words or more
871 books — 48 voters

City of the Lost by Kelley ArmstrongOff the Grid by C.J. BoxIce Hunter by Joseph HeywoodThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Trees, Woods, Forests
847 books — 200 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanAn Arranged Marriage by Jo BeverleyA First Class Murder by Elliott RooseveltThe Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer
"Eleanor"
214 books — 28 voters
Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer CrusieA Birthday for Frances by Russell HobanCeltic Folklore Cooking by Joanne AsalaBetty Crocker's Cooky Book by Betty CrockerIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Food on the Cover
1,350 books — 436 voters

The Descent of Woman by Elaine MorganWhy Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneCosmos by Carl SaganVoyage of the Beagle by Charles DarwinThe Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
Best Books on Evolution...
267 books — 216 voters
Puss in Boots by Charles PerraultMog the Forgetful Cat by Judith KerrCat of Many Tails by Ellery QueenMinou by Mindy BinghamWe Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Cat on the Cover
669 books — 177 voters

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. SayersThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainNo Exit by Taylor  Adams
Road Trip
526 books — 266 voters
Rainwater by Sandra       BrownFrench Silk by Sandra       BrownTailspin by Sandra       BrownFanta C by Sandra       BrownOutfox by Sandra       Brown
Favorite Sandra Brown Novels
78 books — 280 voters

The Great Hunger  by Cecil Woodham-SmithReverend Randollph and the Fall from Grace, Inc. by Charles Merrill SmithI Know An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly by Nikki  SmithTrouble for Trumpets by Peter Dallas-SmithGorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
Smith is so popular!
322 books — 19 voters
The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsAn Inconvenient Truth by Al GoreSix Degrees by Mark LynasHot by Mark HertsgaardWith Speed and Violence by Fred Pearce
Apocalyptic Non-Fiction
69 books — 73 voters

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Laughing Policeman by Maj SjöwallA Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,209 books — 1,244 voters

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigLittle, Big by John CrowleyCeltic Devotional by Caitlín MatthewsReading the Landscape of Europe by May Theilgaard WattsWhy I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty
Cult Classics
1,566 books — 2,148 voters

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke by Maj SjöwallThe Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia QuinnThe Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper FfordeThe Cat Who Turned On and Off by Lilian Jackson BraunThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
"The {_______} Who " Titles
970 books — 129 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,486 books — 16,059 voters

The Prose Edda by Snorri SturlusonBeowulf by UnknownThe Saga of the Volsungs by AnonymousThe Saga of the Volsungs by Anonymous
Top Books on Germanic Paganism
114 books — 40 voters

Falling in Love by Donna LeonThe Man Verdi by Frank WalkerBrush Back by Sara ParetskyBrimstone by Douglas PrestonRunning Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz
Books about opera
165 books — 56 voters