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The Tenants of Time by Thomas FlanaganThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneThe World of Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseThe World of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats
The ______ of ______
1,087 books — 44 voters
Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith
Based on Beowulf
62 books — 12 voters

A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. GainesDo You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? by David RutledgeThe Shock of the Old by David EdgertonBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyArsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
306 books — 32 voters
Maus I by Art Spiegelman
Best Memoirs Published in the 1980s
45 books — 5 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Best Memoirs Published in the 1960s
28 books — 5 voters
Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns GoodwinNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Best Memoirs Published in the 1990s
81 books — 4 voters

Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob SheffieldChristmas Remembered by Tomie dePaolaFifty Acres and a Poodle by Jeanne Marie LaskasHow I Learned to Cook by Kimberly WitherspoonParis to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
Best Memoirs Published Between 2000 to 2009
71 books — 3 voters
The Weight of Shadows by José OrduñaAs You Wish by Cary ElwesNights in White Castle by Steve RushinJust Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Best Memoirs Published Between 2010 and 2019
108 books — 5 voters

World Within a Song by Jeff TweedyDave Barry's Book of Bad Songs by Dave BarryBroken Horses by Brandi CarlileSurrender by BonoThe Storyteller by Dave Grohl
books about music or by/about musicians
171 books — 13 voters
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonA Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda JonesThe Winemaker's Wife by Kristin HarmelThat Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly LemmingFull Moon by P.G. Wodehouse
Cheers!
280 books — 79 voters

A Bear Called Paddington by Michael BondA Fish Called Wanda by John CleeseThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. Moraga
"A ____ Called _____" titles
217 books — 25 voters
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom StandageA History of the World in 10 Dinners by Victoria Flexner
A History of the World in a Number of Things
34 books — 4 voters

Feynman by Jim OttavianiThe Liar by Stephen FryThe Firm by John Grisham
7-Letter Titles
74 books — 2 voters
Common Fire by Sharon Daloz ParksThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Lives of ___
18 books — 3 voters

Leadership Is an Art by Max DePreeFirst, Break All the Rules by Marcus BuckinghamThe Culture Code by Daniel CoyleManaging the Non-Profit Organization by Peter F. DruckerDeath by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni
Books on Leadership
193 books — 122 voters
Study Like a Champ by Regan A. R. GurungThe New Science of Learning by Terry Doyle
Studying Tactics
24 books — 4 voters

99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall by Tim NybergThe Mystery of the 99 Steps by Carolyn KeeneThe 99% Invisible City by Roman MarsNinety-Nine Novels by Anthony BurgessThe 99 Critical Shots in Pool by Ray Martin
99.... Luftballons? "Ninety-Nine" in the Title
109 books — 12 voters
Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob SheffieldThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonSlouching Towards Kalamazoo by Peter De VriesThe Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book by Bill Watterson
Q, X, or Z in the title (A-Z Challenge)
268 books — 7 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraBeloved by Toni MorrisonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Britannica: 12 Novels Considered the "Greatest Book Ever Written"
13 books — 6 voters
Twitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep TufekciAll the Pieces Matter by Jonathan AbramsThe Food of a Younger Land by Mark KurlanskyLaughing Gas by P.G. WodehouseBlack Smoke by Adrian Miller
The State of the Matter
58 books — 5 voters

Library Mascot Cage Match by Gene AmbaumThe P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations by P. Craig RussellThe Bloom County Library, Vol. 1 by Berkeley BreathedWeeding Library Collections by Stanley J. SloteAnalyzing Library Collection Use with Excel® by Tony Greiner
Library in the Title
76 books — 5 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensChristmas Remembered by Tomie dePaolaThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickSmall Teaching Online by Flower Darby
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "D"
453 books — 16 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Books adapted by BBC Radio
23 books — 11 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanRita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen KingJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Goodreads Top 100: Standalones Edition - Highest Rated Standalones on Goodreads with at least 10,000 Ratings
110 books — 56 voters

Rainbows End by Vernor VingeLive from New York by Tom ShalesThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterDefending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack by Charles OsgoodThe Codebreakers by David Kahn
Dead in 2024: The Authors We Lost
750 books — 29 voters
Take Time for Paradise by A. Bartlett GiamattiHow To Play the Harmonica by Sam BarryThe Bones by Will HindmarchReality is Broken by Jane McGonigalBaseball as a Road to God by John Sexton
Nonfiction books about hobbies and leisure activities
222 books — 16 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleLife on Mars by Tracy K. SmithTrue West by Sam ShepardMaus by Art SpiegelmanPenguin Dreams and Stranger Things by Berkeley Breathed
What is Your Favorite book that won the Pulitzer Prize?
21 books — 10 voters
Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" by Bill Watterson"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan EllisonWhat They Did for Love by Denny Martin Flinn"I Love Learning; I Hate School" by Susan D. Blum"Raw Data" Is An Oxymoron by Lisa Gitelman
“Titles with Quotation Marks”
205 books — 11 voters

His Eye is on the Sparrow by Ethel WatersThe Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Sparrow
6 books — 2 voters
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston HughesHow To Play the Harmonica by Sam BarryNaked Through The Snow and Other Bits of Silliness by Sailor Jim JohnstonBig Cat and Other Stories by Gwyneth JonesThe Trouble with Poetry by Billy Collins
______ and Other ______
341 books — 8 voters