A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirTransient Desires by Donna Leon
Titles that start with R, S, or T
1,551 books — 89 voters
The Devil's Star by Jo NesbøHeat Wave by Barbara DelinskyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Phew! What A Scorcher!
189 books — 27 voters

Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow LindberghOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderCeltic Devotional by Caitlín MatthewsNight by Elie WieselThe Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder
Best Nonfiction Under 250 Pages
100 books — 10 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Truly Beautiful Books
226 books — 17 voters

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirArabella by Georgette HeyerBrat Farrar by Josephine TeyLove in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Best Books 1949
81 books — 41 voters
Crazy Cool by Tara JanzenCrazy Kisses by Tara JanzenCrazy Hot by Tara JanzenDead Crazy by Nancy PickardCrazy Love by Tara Janzen
"Crazy"
157 books — 8 voters

Corduroy by Don FreemanThe Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan BerenstainThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanTooth and Claw by Craig JohnsonWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Bears on Book Covers
342 books — 39 voters

Brat Farrar by Josephine TeyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë'Til the Real Thing Comes Along by Iris Rainer DartIshmael by Daniel QuinnMiss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Leaves on the Cover
141 books — 34 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellDown Under by Bill BrysonThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Authors’ Alliteration
471 books — 12 voters

An Infamous Army by Georgette HeyerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBusman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. SayersWe Didn't Mean To Go To Sea by Arthur RansomeScoop by Evelyn Waugh
Best Books 1937
62 books — 38 voters
Five Children and It by E. NesbitIdentity by Nora RobertsA Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy WillardThe King of the Rainy Country by Nicolas FreelingReport to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis
Authors Name(s) Starting with "N"
252 books — 12 voters

A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaughtHolding Out for a Hero by Marie FerrarellaAlways Remember by Mary BaloghA Fateful Choice by Rachel LeeIrresistible by Annette Broadrick
"Jennifer"
265 books — 17 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMiddlegame by Seanan McGuireThe Lantern Men by Elly GriffithsThe Last Boyfriend by Nora RobertsBy the Light of the Study Lamp by Carolyn Keene
Candles and Lamps
263 books — 43 voters

Last Call at the Hotel Imperial by Deborah  CohenMurder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. SayersScoop by Evelyn WaughThe Lady of the Lake by Walter ScottElements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Typewriters and Keyboards
158 books — 32 voters
The Luck Runs Out by Charlotte MacLeodIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty EdwardsAnastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
Best Books 1979
179 books — 68 voters

Remember When by Mary BaloghPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetSylvester or The Wicked Uncle by Georgette HeyerMacbeth by William Shakespeare
[ATY 2025] Set Prior to 1925
297 books — 70 voters
Badlands by Douglas Preston1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James MustichKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
[ATY 2025] Monster Book
237 books — 48 voters

Sleeping Murder by Agatha ChristieThe Complete Saki by SakiThe Education of Little Tree by Forrest CarterAbel's Island by William SteigGnomes by Wil Huygen
Best Books 1976
279 books — 65 voters
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. LewisPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenI Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-FlemingTen Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta ChaseSo Shall You Reap by Donna Leon
[ATY 2025] Comfort Reads
205 books — 40 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareAntigone by SophoclesCandide by VoltaireMacbeth by William ShakespeareArabella by Georgette Heyer
One Name as a Title
1,116 books — 203 voters