The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
[ATY 2026] Z in Title or Author
610 books — 46 voters
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro ArikawaHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingOld Yeller by Fred GipsonA Fountain Filled with Blood by Julia Spencer-FlemingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
[ATY 2026] Blood, Sweat, and Tears
234 books — 36 voters

Shakespeare-The Complete Works by William ShakespeareAll the Devils Are Here by Louise PennyThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Mountain in the Sea by Ray NaylerThe Library Book by Susan Orlean
[ATY 2026] Red, Blue, or Green Cover
511 books — 38 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
[ATY 2026] Road Trip or Long Journey
290 books — 48 voters

The Grey Wolf by Louise PennyBruno, Chief of Police by Martin  WalkerBonded in Death by J.D. RobbSpirit Crossing by William Kent KruegerSleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
[ATY 2026] Part of a Series
332 books — 26 voters
The Complete Works by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Must Read Classics
1,851 books — 4,610 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAntigone by SophoclesAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollBath Tangle by Georgette HeyerThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
Titles that start with #, A, or B
1,726 books — 119 voters
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesMatrix by Lauren GroffIt Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisGreat Books by David DenbyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
What We've Read So Far in 2025
2,664 books — 125 voters

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayUniform Justice by Donna Leon
Titles that start with U, V, or W
1,724 books — 147 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollAccompanying Alice by Terese RaminTravels with Alice by Calvin TrillinAlice Nizzy Nazzy by Tony JohnstonMy Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase
Books about Alice
162 books — 70 voters

To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton WilderUnnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayersThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleAspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster
Best Books 1927
50 books — 47 voters
To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Help by Kathryn StockettAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Books With Multiple Perspectives
736 books — 285 voters

April Lady by Georgette HeyerThere Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Pam AdamsShield's Lady by Amanda GlassGarth Pig and the Icecream Lady by Mary RaynerFounding Mothers by Cokie Roberts
"Ladies" in the Title
1,003 books — 65 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe 39 Steps by John BuchanLittle, Big by John CrowleyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Separate Peace by John Knowles
Great "JOHNS" Of Literature.
281 books — 36 voters

Bonecrack by Dick FrancisShroud for a Nightingale by P.D. JamesMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanA Woggle of Witches by Adrienne Adams
Best Books 1971
161 books — 62 voters

Arabella by Georgette HeyerJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDancing at Midnight by Julia QuinnThe Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig
"Arabella"
151 books — 21 voters
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettFlying Finish by Dick FrancisSpeaking from Among the Bones by Alan BradleyThe Conquering Family by Thomas B. Costain
Titlemania V: Participles & Gerunds
175 books — 10 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyMinn of the Mississippi by Holling Clancy HollingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerPrince Caspian by C.S. LewisThe Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
Best Books 1951
105 books — 50 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisThe Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,943 books — 5,204 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Uncommon Reader by Alan BennettLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusSomeone to Trust by Mary BaloghHow to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn
"Elizabeth"
333 books — 40 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónIQ by Joe IdeTwo Old Women by Velma Wallis
[ATY 2021] - BIPOC Authors
508 books — 141 voters

The Egg and I by Betty MacDonaldThe Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel PinkwaterChanticleer and the Fox by Barbara CooneyThe Little Red Hen by Paul GaldoneMy Little Hen by Alice Provensen
Chickens
91 books — 36 voters