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The Octopus in the Parking Garage by Rob VerchickStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Descent of Woman by Elaine MorganThe Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky ChambersThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
[ATY 2024] Science or Science Fiction
573 books — 72 voters
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkThe Thread That Runs So True by Jesse Stuart
[ATY 2024] Character in Education
321 books — 71 voters

Sleeping Murder by Agatha ChristieThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyStrong Poison by Dorothy L. SayersBury Your Dead by Louise PennyAcqua Alta by Donna Leon
[ATY 2024] Part of a Series
642 books — 54 voters
The Bullet That Missed by Richard OsmanThe Last Devil to Die by Richard OsmanThe Man Who Died Twice by Richard OsmanStrike Out Where Not Applicable by Nicolas FreelingThe King of the Rainy Country by Nicolas Freeling
[ATY 2024] Similar Covers
336 books — 62 voters

Extinction by Douglas PrestonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAltar of Eden by James RollinsLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
[ATY 2024] Wild Animal or Endangered Species
331 books — 75 voters
The Spy Coast by Tess GerritsenThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsIron Lake by William Kent KruegerMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieA Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
[ATY 2024] Chilling Atmosphere
340 books — 86 voters

The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley ArmstrongSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerI Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret CravenTsing-Boom! by Nicolas Freeling
[ATY 2024] Sound-Related Word in Title
627 books — 92 voters
Holmes, Marple & Poe by James PattersonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieOrdinary Grace by William Kent KruegerStill Life by Louise PennyBillingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer
[ATY 2024] Edgar Award Winning Author
309 books — 71 voters

Aftermarket Afterlife by Seanan McGuireHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingSkinwalkers by Tony HillermanNight Magic by Karen RobardsA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
[ATY 2024] Touch of Magic
430 books — 86 voters
Great Books by David DenbyThe Dawn of Everything by David GraeberA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnReading the Landscape of Europe by May Theilgaard Watts
[ATY 2024] Not a Novel
1,031 books — 72 voters

Pitch Dark by Paul DoironGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareThe Cliffs of Night by Beatrice BrandonA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
[ATY 2024] Related to Night
718 books — 101 voters
The Future by Naomi AldermanThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Tempest by William ShakespeareThe Stranger by Albert Camus
[ATY 2024] Two Word Title Beginning with THE
853 books — 86 voters

Remember Me by Mary BaloghThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanKing Lear by William ShakespeareA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanKillers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
[ATY 2024] Senior Citizen Character
349 books — 114 voters
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten MillerRandom in Death by J.D. RobbThe Night Island by Jayne Ann KrentzThree-Inch Teeth by C.J. BoxExtinction by Douglas Preston
[ATY 2024] Published in 2024
457 books — 144 voters

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard OsmanStill Life by Louise PennyThe Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. SayersDeath in Vineyard Waters by Philip R. CraigSuperfluous Women by Carola Dunn
[ATY 2024] Cozy Mystery
484 books — 74 voters
Airtight Case by Beverly ConnorThe Coldest Case by Martin WalkerBrief Cases by Jim ButcherThe Galton Case by Ross MacdonaldSpace Case by Edward Marshall
A "Case" of Too Little Too Late
418 books — 15 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert FrostCandide by VoltaireThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Greatest Last Lines
113 books — 22 voters
The Golden Bough by James George FrazerThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanGolden in Death by J.D. RobbThe Golden Gate by Alistair MacLeanTrojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters
"Golden" Fever
749 books — 36 voters

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Skellig by David AlmondClouds of Witness by Dorothy L. SayersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonPersuasion by Jane Austen
Quills and Pens
146 books — 18 voters
On Freedom by Timothy SnyderThe Dawn of Everything by David GraeberOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderFour Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,955 books — 1,190 voters

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessTransient Desires by Donna Leon
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
497 books — 608 voters
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. FeynmanThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronOn Becoming a Person by Carl R. RogersA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,936 books — 1,933 voters

The Tempest by William ShakespeareThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsThe Stranger by Albert Camus
The Blank
2,085 books — 136 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenRavished by Amanda QuickLord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseAgnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie
Best Grumpy Hot Men of Romance
436 books — 413 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyPersuasion by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottVanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Books Adapted by Masterpiece Theatre
255 books — 15 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Fall by Albert CamusThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonBad Luck and Trouble by Lee ChildThe Odyssey by Homer
Concentric Circles
349 books — 59 voters

Bloody Bones by Laurell K. HamiltonBonecrack by Dick FrancisDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukThe Bone Yard by Jefferson BassDreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie
Books With "BONES"
251 books — 53 voters
Holiday in Death by J.D. RobbHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García MárquezDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukDead Secret by Beverly Connor
Dead Titles
763 books — 22 voters

On Becoming a Person by Carl R. RogersThe Artist's Way by Julia Cameron1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James MustichFour Thousand Weeks by Oliver BurkemanThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Life Transformation Books
3,458 books — 2,098 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
What We've Read So Far in 2022
5,364 books — 432 voters