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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettHidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
[ATY 2022] NPR's Book Concierge
412 books — 80 voters
A Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesThe Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanEverything Under by Daisy Johnson
[ATY 2022] Mythology
221 books — 109 voters

Lord by João Gilberto NollKornél Esti by Dezső Kosztolányi
[ATY 2022] Monopoly Token on Cover
297 books — 96 voters
Call Me By Your Name by André AcimanRed at the Bone by Jacqueline WoodsonThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
[ATY 2022] Loving LGBTQIA+ Relationship
166 books — 112 voters

Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana EnríquezDominicana by Angie CruzLittle Eyes by Samanta SchweblinI, Rigoberta Menchu by Rigoberta MenchúThe Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán
[ATY 2022] Latin American Authors
189 books — 103 voters
82년생 김지영 by Cho Nam-JooHuman Acts by Han KangWild Swans by Jung ChangThe Aosawa Murders by Riku OndaDo Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
[ATY 2022] Asian or Pacific Islander Author
341 books — 117 voters

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghyThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelDead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
[ATY 2022] Set On or Near a Body of Water
492 books — 130 voters
The Weight of Ink by Rachel KadishThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekThe Finkler Question by Howard JacobsonA Horse Walks into a Bar by David GrossmanThe World to Come by Dara Horn
[ATY 2022] Jewish Author or Character
419 books — 116 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithRules of Civility by Amor TowlesA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonEvidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins
[ATY 2022] Set in 1900-1950
356 books — 88 voters
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetMy Absolute Darling by Gabriel TallentHow Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
[ATY 2022] Set in a Small Town
327 books — 102 voters

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThings We Lost in the Fire by Mariana EnríquezThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
[ATY 2022] Gothic Elements
214 books — 98 voters
The Midnight Library by Matt HaigCloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrRed Clocks by Leni ZumasThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
[ATY 2022] Alternate Reality/Worlds/History
276 books — 125 voters

Hamnet by Maggie O'FarrellThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiDo Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine ThienThe Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiHome Fire by Kamila Shamsie
[ATY 2022] Powell's Award Winners
258 books — 84 voters
The Pull of the Stars by Emma DonoghueOak Flat by Lauren RednissThe Colour Of Lightning by Paulette JilesThe Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
[ATY 2022] Source of Light on Cover
474 books — 117 voters

Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
[ATY 2022] Female Detective/Police Officer
254 books — 108 voters
The Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanDragon Springs Road by Janie Chang
[ATY 2022] Here Be Dragons
241 books — 127 voters

The Dutch House by Ann PatchettThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiEnglish Passengers by Matthew KnealeFrench Exit by Patrick deWitt
[ATY 2022] Language or Nationality in Title
752 books — 127 voters
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn IveyMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellDisappearing Earth by Julia PhillipsThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigCaste by Isabel Wilkerson
[ATY 2022] Best Books of the Month (2021)
425 books — 138 voters

Flight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Little Red Chairs by Edna O'BrienA Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #18 Rural Setting
95 books — 31 voters
The Good Son by You-Jeong JeongThe Aosawa Murders by Riku OndaHurricane Season by Fernanda MelchorFour by Four by Sara MesaLittle Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #10 Crime Novel or Thriller in Translation
45 books — 19 voters

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #13 Poetry Collection by a Black Woman
40 books — 18 voters
I, Rigoberta Menchú by Rigoberta MenchúMy Body Is a Book of Rules by Elissa WashutaBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #8 Memoir by an Indigenous, First Nations, Native, or Aboriginal Woman
37 books — 12 voters

I, Rigoberta Menchú by Rigoberta MenchúRodham by Curtis SittenfeldBecoming Madame Mao by Anchee MinOur Time Is Now by Stacey Abrams
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #17 Woman in Politics
71 books — 43 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #14 Biracial Protagonist
34 books — 16 voters

Everything Inside by Edwidge DanticatWhere There Are Monsters by Breanne Mc Ivor
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #24 Caribbean Short Story Collection
16 books — 9 voters
The Night Tiger by Yangsze ChooBurning Roses by S.L. Huang
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #22 Fantasy Novel by an Asian Author
43 books — 15 voters

Flight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverThe Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #11 About the Natural World
75 books — 33 voters
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth KostovaThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantThe Museum of Modern Love by Heather RoseLeonardo da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonKilling Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
Popsugar 2021 #38 - A Book About Art or an Artist
327 books — 261 voters

Empire of Wild by Cherie DimalineLaRose by Louise ErdrichFuture Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
Popsugar 2021 #16 - A Book by an Indigenous Author
267 books — 260 voters
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiThe Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Popsugar 2021 #20 - A Book on a Black Lives Matter Reading List
143 books — 198 voters