The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanWatchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Peanuts, 1950-1952 by Charles M. SchulzMarvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman
500 Essential Graphic Novels
939 books — 859 voters
Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.Can We Talk About Race? by Beverly Daniel TatumThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XMarch by John             LewisWhistling Vivaldi by Claude M. Steele
Books White People Need to Read
1,304 books — 1,549 voters

Other Worlds Other Gods by Mayo MohsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Philosophical Science Fiction
418 books — 387 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinNeuromancer by William GibsonAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Nebula Award for Best Novel
62 books — 392 voters

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinNeuromancer by William GibsonRedshirts by John ScalziAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanRainbows End by Vernor Vinge
Hugo Award for Best Novel
73 books — 147 voters
Time Travellers Strictly Cash by Spider RobinsonGood Omens by Terry PratchettWitches Abroad by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanAlice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth
Best Humorous Fantasy and Science Fiction
1,059 books — 1,017 voters

Unseen Academicals by Terry PratchettWonder Boys by Michael ChabonRainbows End by Vernor VingeThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
Best Fiction Set in Academia
149 books — 152 voters
The Tenants of Time by Thomas FlanaganThe Year of the French by Thomas FlanaganThe End of the Hunt by Thomas FlanaganTrinity by Leon UrisRedemption by Leon Uris
Historical Fiction - Ireland
106 books — 62 voters

Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste by Lester BangsThe Bones by Will HindmarchBlood Runs Green by Gillian O'BrienCaptain Blood by Rafael SabatiniBone, Vol. 1 by Jeff Smith
Blood or Bone in The Title
876 books — 69 voters

Paying the Price by Sara Goldrick-RabLower Ed by Tressie McMillan CottomThe Tyranny of the Meritocracy by Lani GuinierThe Monsters of Education Technology by Audrey WattersThe New Science of Learning by Terry Doyle
Best Books About the State of Education
174 books — 30 voters
Lirael by Garth NixThe Night Bookmobile by Audrey NiffeneggerUnseen Academicals by Terry PratchettUnshelved by Gene Ambaum
Books About Librarians
453 books — 571 voters

Life on Mars by Tracy K. SmithImitation of Life by Allison JosephIn Every Seam by Allison JosephAnd Still I Rise by Maya AngelouThe Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 199 voters

New York 2140 by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonDune by Frank HerbertThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction
419 books — 615 voters
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsEleven Plays of William Butler Yeats by W.B. YeatsThe Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerThe Playboy of the Western World & Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge
Best Irish Literature
629 books — 715 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Amazing SF/Fantasy by Women of Color
23 books — 4 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XHiroshima by John HerseyAmerican Gospel by Jon Meacham
Best American History Books
2,107 books — 2,467 voters

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonCannery Row by John SteinbeckRaney by Clyde EdgertonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLove Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
Books about Small Towns
751 books — 270 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonHolidays on Ice by David SedarisLamentations of the Father by Ian FrazierThe Lazlo Letters by Don NovelloMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Modern Humor Writing (Slate)
87 books — 23 voters

King Lear by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareRichard II by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
The Best Shakespeare Plays
41 books — 170 voters
Anansi Boys by Neil GaimanWonder Boys by Michael ChabonBreaker Boys by Jan KubickiFarmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderEncyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
Books with 'Boy' in the Title
1,041 books — 83 voters

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'AulaireD'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths by Ingri d'AulaireA Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore by Lady GregoryTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisIrish Myths and Legends by Lady Gregory
Best Books About Mythology
1,390 books — 2,211 voters
Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigalA New Culture of Learning by Douglas ThomasMinds on Fire by Mark C. CarnesLifelong Kindergarten by Mitchel ResnickSavage Park by Amy Fusselman
Playing to Learn
31 books — 18 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayLittle Fuzzy by H. Beam PiperTransformations by Anne SextonSwimming to Cambodia by Spalding Gray
Writers who committed suicide
452 books — 286 voters
The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna LewisChesapeake Bay Cooking by John ShieldsThe Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern by Matt LeeThe Commander's Palace by Ella BrennanThe Gift of Southern Cooking by Edna Lewis
Best Southern Cookbooks
69 books — 8 voters

Acts of Contortion by Anna George MeekBecause the Stars Shine Through It by Geoff MunstermanEngraved by Anna George MeekPostcard Poems by Jeanne GriggsThe Genome Rhapsodies by Anna George Meek
Goodreads Poets
298 books — 319 voters