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The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderVampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen RussellThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Female-Authored Weird Fiction
466 books — 182 voters
The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Best Magical Realism: Witchy Fiction
281 books — 467 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeHaroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman RushdieHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,326 books — 4,595 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinThe Paper Bag Princess by Robert MunschHow to Train Your Dragon by Cressida CowellDragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
My Favorite Dragons
130 books — 39 voters

The Bees by Laline Paull
MAY 2014 LIBRARY READS
11 books — 53 voters
Stiff by Mary Roach
Rory's Book Club
173 books — 92 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George OrwellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,928 books — 26,181 voters
A Feast of Ice and Fire by Chelsea Monroe-CasselThe Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook by Emily Ansara Baines
Geeky Cookbooks
235 books — 84 voters

Milk by Anne MendelsonGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
Books with Recipes
381 books — 102 voters
Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserTwinkie, Deconstructed by Steve EttlingerWheat Belly by William DavisThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe End of Overeating by David A. Kessler
Food and the Food Industry
187 books — 40 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Badass Short Story Collections (Or So I Hear)
464 books — 260 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Oprah's Book Club Picks
128 books — 2,201 voters

Mirabilis by Susann Cokal
Secular Religious Fiction
35 books — 11 voters
Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
Some Great Books on Nature
258 books — 164 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Most Comforting Books (The Literary Version of Bread Pudding)
1,296 books — 930 voters

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
must read
193 books — 34 voters
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Exploring Taboos
207 books — 143 voters

Peach Girl, Vol. 1 by Miwa UedaFushigi Yûgi by Yuu WataseEmma, Vol. 1 by Kaoru MoriPretear, Vol. 1 by Junichi Satō
Best Manga Book Ever
1,253 books — 3,944 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeCandy by Mian Mian
Best Books About China
747 books — 587 voters

The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
Best Novels That Take Place in China
418 books — 1,101 voters
Thorn in My Heart by Liz Curtis HiggsA Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg
Cover Couples
1,079 books — 590 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanIvanhoe by Walter ScottThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Best Sword & Castle Adventures
150 books — 90 voters
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster WallaceA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeMansfield Park by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
They Died too Young
279 books — 78 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettMansfield Park by Jane AustenThe Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Gardens: Fact or Fiction set in a Garden Books
299 books — 154 voters
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesYou Don't Know Me by David KlassThe Chosen One by Carol Lynch WilliamsGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenCut by Patricia McCormick
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,004 books — 12,456 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
6,493 books — 4,883 voters
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Historical Fiction: Russia
309 books — 481 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyStories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
Best Show Business Memoirs or Biographies
443 books — 390 voters
Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters


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