The Radium Girls by Kate  MooreColumbine by Dave CullenBind, Torture, Kill by Roy WenzlThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnManson by Jeff Guinn
Best True Crime
1,333 books — 1,882 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrOrdinary Men by Christopher R. Browning
Well-Written Holocaust Books
890 books — 2,879 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerIlluminae by Amie KaufmanWelcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,191 books — 8,920 voters
Children of Ash and Elm by Neil PriceThe Body by Bill BrysonCaste by Isabel WilkersonWho Ate the First Oyster? by Cody CassidyThe Cold Vanish by Jon Billman
History Published in Year: 2020
440 books — 90 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,133 books — 5,166 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Best Humorous Books
4,297 books — 7,864 voters

Mind Fixers by Anne HarringtonMidnight in Chernobyl by Adam HigginbothamSandworm by Andy GreenbergSoul Full of Coal Dust by Chris Hamby
History Published in Year: 2019
393 books — 115 voters
American Overdose by Chris McGrealThe Information by James GleickOn Vanishing by Lynn Casteel HarperPandora's Lab by Paul A. OffitThe Beekeeper's Lament by Hannah Nordhaus
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,220 books — 8,051 voters

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasHeir of Fire by Sarah J. MaasScarlet by Marissa MeyerDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
The Enemies to Lovers Trope
455 books — 662 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Books You've Probably Never Read
618 books — 410 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessColumbine by Dave CullenShutter Island by Dennis LehaneA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,183 books — 11,221 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,384 books — 119,602 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Books Ever
75,637 books — 281,266 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFight Club by Chuck PalahniukOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
883 books — 486 voters

Bad Blood by John CarreyrouExtreme Medicine by Kevin Fong
Biotech Reads
116 books — 13 voters
The Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamThe Troop by Nick Cutter
Best Creature Feature Books
195 books — 170 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanJohn Dies at the End by David  WongFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,200 books — 1,091 voters
Evicted by Matthew DesmondJust Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Books on Poverty and Inequality
216 books — 114 voters

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderDreamland by Sam QuinonesEvicted by Matthew DesmondTroubled Water by Seth M. Siegel
Public Health
202 books — 121 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 772 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,275 books — 1,421 voters
The Ruins by Scott        SmithJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Troop by Nick CutterCongo by Michael CrichtonSalt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Best Wilderness Horror Stories
121 books — 128 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Stand by Stephen        KingJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëEast of Eden by John SteinbeckDune by Frank Herbert
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,003 voters
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanWicked Plants by Amy  Stewart
You Read a Book about What?
4,019 books — 2,068 voters