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Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonLullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'NeillBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyEating Dirt by Charlotte Gill
Greenest Books Ever
2,491 books — 589 voters
1984 by George OrwellAllegheny Front by Matthew Neill NullThe Shining by Stephen KingSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
Eye of the Beholder
848 books — 319 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellStarfish by Peter WattsA Call to Duty by David WeberFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,586 books — 6,838 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenIn the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
Science Writing By People of Marginalized Genders
255 books — 88 voters

The Gunners by Rebecca KauffmanFun Home by Alison BechdelThe Boy Detective Fails by Joe MenoThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Suicide Book Club
106 books — 60 voters
The End of the Line by Charles CloverFour Fish by Paul GreenbergThe Outlaw Ocean by Ian UrbinaSong for the Blue Ocean by Carl SafinaThe Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
Ocean/Marine Conservation
71 books — 47 voters

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
12 Books to Read After Binge-Watching Black Mirror [GQ Article]
12 books — 3 voters
Winter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiWhat the Robin Knows by Jon YoungThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Titles that start with U, V, or W
1,724 books — 147 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiLife of Pi by Yann MartelA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanPrimeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,295 books — 4,450 voters
The Pale King by David Foster WallaceGo Set a Watchman by Harper LeeThe Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov
Incomplete Books
22 books — 12 voters

Winter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Lacuna by Barbara KingsolverThe Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Timeless Classics for Reading Challengers
238 books — 139 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeAstrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse TysonThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanA Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Popular Science Books
52 books — 13 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Awakening Land by Conrad RichterThe Godfather by Mario PuzoRoots by Alex HaleyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Family Saga Novels
813 books — 843 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Monkey's Paw by W.W. JacobsThe Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Barbara VineThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
The Something's Something
932 books — 57 voters

Franny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFoundation and Earth by Isaac AsimovFoundation and Empire by Isaac AsimovNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
_______ & _______
458 books — 24 voters
Fifth Business by Robertson DaviesAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLife of Pi by Yann Martel
100 Novels that Make You Proud To Be Canadian
171 books — 65 voters

Pastoral by André Alexis
Sheep on the cover
69 books — 53 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Books by New Orleans Authors
99 books — 36 voters

Starfish by Peter Watts
In The Grim Darkness of the Near Future
93 books — 93 voters
Starfish by Peter WattsStoner by John WilliamsVentus by Karl SchroederNeuromancer by William GibsonMicroserfs by Douglas Coupland
One Word Titles
2,541 books — 264 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbStoner by John WilliamsEating Dirt by Charlotte GillAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
5,837 books — 4,177 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceSalt Sugar Fat by Michael MossThe Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
What we've read so far in 2016
7,966 books — 968 voters

Kiln People by David BrinDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickNeuromancer by William GibsonAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best cyberpunk books
209 books — 448 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriUlysses by James JoyceThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,104 voters

The Golden Spruce by John VaillantEast of Eden by John SteinbeckJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books on My Shelf
232 books — 73 voters
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan HydeJaws by Peter BenchleyInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,217 books — 6,118 voters

The Golden Spruce by John VaillantThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Undoing Project by Michael LewisNo Logo by Naomi KleinThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Well-Thought, Well-Researched, Infinitely Readable Nonfiction
423 books — 170 voters
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbBossypants by Tina FeyCat’s Eye by Margaret AtwoodEqual Rites by Terry Pratchett
Recommended by Reading Challengers
5,999 books — 4,519 voters

Drawing Dead by Pete HautmanStone Cold by Pete HautmanBig Deal by Anthony HoldenCards on the Table by Agatha ChristieCasino Royale by Ian Fleming
Playing Cards
163 books — 30 voters
The Gully Dwarves by Dan Parkinson
The Complete Dragonlance List
153 books — 34 voters