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Wait for It by Mariana ZapataOne Percent of You by Michelle GrossSweet Temptation by Cora ReillyTo Hate Adam Connor by Ella MaiseSustained by Emma Chase
With kids/children
142 books — 56 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootOut of the Cage by Matthew LightfootVagabonds in France by Michael A. BarryMagical Destinations of the Northeast by Natalie Zaman
Best Entertaining Travel Books
35 books — 44 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read So Far in 2017
457 books — 37 voters
Kick at the Darkness by Keira AndrewsThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Favorites in Paranormal\fantasy\ sci-fi\dystopian
158 books — 21 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienLegend of the Storm Sneezer by Kristiana SfirleaThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Best G-Rated Fantasy and Science Fiction for Tweens and Teens
76 books — 19 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanPoecabulary by Francis DiClementeThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeThe Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1970s
215 books — 18 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Lost Symbol by Dan BrownDeception Point by Dan BrownA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books That Won't Be Made Into Films
60 books — 17 voters
A Thousand Lives by Julia ScheeresBossypants by Tina FeyA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2011
148 books — 11 voters

Wallbanger by Alice ClaytonJed Had to Die by Tara SivecWorth It by S.M. ShadeA Fairy Awesome Story by Ellie AidenBecoming a Vincent by C.M. Owens
Laughing Out Loud
39 books — 11 voters
Fallen Too Far by Abbi GlinesWhile It Lasts by Abbi GlinesBreathe by Abbi GlinesMaybe Someday by Colleen HooverDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa James
Books with Best Soundtrack/Songs
26 books — 10 voters

Lessons from a CF Cornerman by Raymond L. PooleYou Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral by Ann Marie HancockCancer on $5 a Day* *(chemo not included) by Robert SchimmelCancer Schmancer by Fran DrescherEnvying Job by John Butler
Humorous Memoirs about Serious Illness
19 books — 10 voters
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. GreenWho Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.See Me Naked by Tara T. GreenHow to Make a Slave and Other Essays by Jerald WalkerShe Memes Well by Quinta Brunson
Writings and Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2020s
32 books — 8 voters

One for the Money by Janet EvanovichConflict of Intrigues by ML YostThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTwo for the Dough by Janet EvanovichThree to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
Funny Novels by American Authors
86 books — 7 voters
The Six Macs and the Purple Orb by David J. DawkinsThe Six Macs and the Bell of Souls by David J. DawkinsThe Six Macs and the Slime Monster from Loch Ness by David J. DawkinsWarned by Mahtab NarsimhanStar Wars by Alessandro Ferrari
Books for 9-10 Year Old Boys
7 books — 7 voters

Snaggletooth by Selwyn JepsonThe Nihilist Napoleon by J. Harris StoneMedusa by E.H. VisiakTenebrae by Ernest George HenhamMarthe and the Madman by Jean de Bosschère
~Curious Antique Novels~
117 books — 6 voters
The Annotated Alice by Lewis CarrollLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokRosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea BeatyTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Best G-Rated Historical Fiction for Tweens and Teens
25 books — 6 voters

The World of Alphonse Allais by Alphonse AllaisLittle Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCayThe Dream World of Dion McGregor by Dion McGregorThe Sun Cure by Alfred NoyesLife in Sing Sing by Number 1500
Non-Fiction Prison Topiary Fiction
170 books — 5 voters
The Redneck Manifesto by Jim GoadStorm over Nashville by Everett J. CorbinSix-gun in cheek by Bill PronziniLouisiana Hayride Years by Horace LoganJimmie Rodgers by Nolan Porterfield
Nacho Glycerin
200 books — 5 voters

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharHow to Train Your Dragon by Cressida CowellThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketLenny Kandell, Smart Aleck by Ellen ConfordHidden by Olivia Gold
Middle Grade Comedy
43 books — 4 voters
Dare-devil "Arctic Author" by Manfred RosenthalA Social History of Canada by George WoodcockThe Crooked Stovepipe by Craig MishlerPocketman by Don BellCanadian Literature in English by William J. Keith
Deja-Sais-Quoi-Vous-Aime, Canada?
112 books — 3 voters

Tell Me It's Real by T.J. KluneA Dirty Drag Collection by Kyle AdamsGumption & Gumshoes by Alex KidwellToo Stupid to Live by Anne TeninoSlam! by J.L. Merrow
M/M Humorous Books 2013
10 books — 3 voters
Adulting 101 by Lisa HenryThe Queen & the Homo Jock King by T.J. KluneManties in a Twist by J.A. RockFemme by Marshall ThorntonTwo Pet Dicks by John Inman
M/M Humorous Books of 2016
7 books — 3 voters

Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings by B. KlibanThe Dream World of Dion McGregor by Dion McGregorProfiles in Barbeque Sauce by David OssmanThe Fan Man by William KotzwinkleThe Blade by Don Novello
Jog-A-Thon Humor
112 books — 2 voters
Beauty and the Bookworm by Nick PageantThe Ghost Slept Over by Marshall ThorntonCaught! by J.L. MerrowLoving Jay by Renae Kaye
M/M Humorous Books of 2014
4 books — 2 voters

Drama Queen by Joe CosentinoHow to Be a Normal Person by T.J. KlunePlayed! by J.L. MerrowThe Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. KluneShawn's Law by Renae Kaye
M/M Humorous Books of 2015
6 books — 2 voters
And It Begins Like This by LaTanya McQueenThe Source of Self-Regard by Toni MorrisonBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Book of Delights by Ross GayBlack Ink by Stephanie Stokes Oliver
Writings and Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2010s
31 books — 2 voters

Langston Hughes by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Alice Walker by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Zora Neale Hurston by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Gloria Naylor by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Richard Wright by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Writings and Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 1990s
16 books — 2 voters
This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter MosleyIn Search Of Hannah Crafts by Henry Louis Gates Jr.South of Tradition by Trudier HarrisThe Devil and Dave Chappelle by William Jelani CobbForgotten Readers by Elizabeth McHenry
Writings and Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2000s
21 books — 1 voter

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