The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaA Monster Calls by Patrick NessThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
I Cried When I Read This
1,007 books — 1,904 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteHalf Sick of Shadows by Laura SebastianIdylls of the King by Alfred TennysonLancelot by Giles KristianThe Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
Best Arthurian Fiction
457 books — 1,498 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Required Reading in High School
802 books — 1,242 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonDead Mountain by Donnie EicharAlive by Piers Paul ReadThe Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
Climbing and Mountaineering
243 books — 169 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternCaraval by Stephanie GarberEscaping from Houdini by Kerri ManiscalcoPandemonium by Willow AndersonThe Ringmaster's Daughter by Carly Schabowski
Circus/Carnival Books
699 books — 1,071 voters
If We Were Villains by M.L. RioThe Secret History by Donna TarttIn My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley WinsteadThese Violent Delights by Micah NemereverThe Cloisters by Katy Hays
Dark Academia
474 books — 1,332 voters

Scavenge the Stars by Tara SimFable by Adrienne YoungA Touch of Gold by Annie SullivanRed Seas Under Red Skies by Scott LynchMutiny on the Bounty by John Boyne
Nautical Tales
734 books — 425 voters
Primal Sin by Ariana NashHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickFury Unleashed by N.J. WaltersAngelfall by Susan EeFeather by Olivia Wildenstein
Angels and Demons
32 books — 22 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahThis Tender Land by William Kent KruegerA Frenzy of Sparks by Kristin FieldsWhere the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
Back to Nature
109 books — 10 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books Ever
123,476 books — 261,484 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerAriadne by Jennifer SaintA Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesThe Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Greek Mythology
523 books — 673 voters
Uglies by Scott WesterfeldShatter Me by Tahereh MafiThe Selection by Kiera CassDelirium by Lauren OliverMatched by Ally Condie
YA Dystopia Novels
1,728 books — 11,685 voters

All the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenLetters to the Lost by Brigid KemmererEverything, Everything by Nicola YoonThe One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily BarrThe One We Fell in Love With by Paige Toon
Zoella Book Club Picks
50 books — 17 voters
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd1984 by George OrwellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,534 books — 26,570 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithMe Before You by Jojo MoyesFinding Audrey by Sophie KinsellaThe Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer
Contemporary British Novels
522 books — 594 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Literature
509 books — 741 voters

The Good People by Hannah KentWhen All Is Said by Anne  GriffinWhat the Wind Knows by Amy HarmonA History of Loneliness by John BoyneThe Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Best Irish Books
681 books — 601 voters
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina MarchettaTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenI Am the Messenger by Markus ZusakJasper Jones by Craig SilveyThe Dry by Jane Harper
Best Modern Australian Literature
567 books — 662 voters

Words in Deep Blue by Cath CrowleyThe Piper's Son by Melina MarchettaStolen by Lucy ChristopherJasper Jones by Craig SilveyUnderdogs by Markus Zusak
Favourite Aussie YA books
581 books — 1,008 voters
The Start of Me and You by Emery LordAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenLove & Gelato by Jenna Evans WelchA Million Little Pieces by James FreyTell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
Best Book Cover Art
12,032 books — 7,250 voters

What to Say Next by Julie BuxbaumThe Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. ArmentroutI'll Give You the Sun by Jandy NelsonThings We Know by Heart by Jessi KirbyEvery Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
Best Young Adult Books
12,705 books — 83,792 voters