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The Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Fiction With Disfigured/Disabled Leads
1,168 books — 1,059 voters
Boy Meets Boy by David LevithanThe Bermudez Triangle by Maureen JohnsonTorn by Amber LehmanVintage by Steve BermanAsh by Malinda Lo
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,958 books — 5,984 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsBoy Meets Boy by David LevithanA Density of Souls by Christopher RiceVintage by Steve Berman
Top 100 Gay Novels of the XXI century
986 books — 635 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Memoirs by Women
2,945 books — 2,992 voters

Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchWatchmen by Alan MooreNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Traitor by Michael Cisco
Great SFF Picaresques
74 books — 118 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanWhere Three Roads Meet by Salley VickersGirl Meets Boy by Ali SmithThe Helmet of Horror by Victor Pelevin
Modern Adaptations of Greek Mythology
366 books — 536 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Robber Bride by Margaret AtwoodPossession by A.S. Byatt
Endicott's Fairy Tales List
72 books — 64 voters
Graceling by Kristin CashoreMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,404 books — 18,091 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Irish Literature
629 books — 715 voters
Graceling by Kristin CashoreJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeIn the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteSunshine by Robin McKinleyLittle, Big by John Crowley
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winners
80 books — 268 voters

Torn by Amber LehmanSwordspoint by Ellen Kushner
Interesting LGBTQ Books I'd Love To Read
90 books — 116 voters
Tender Morsels by Margo LanaganJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeLittle, Big by John CrowleyKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiBridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
World Fantasy Award Winners
57 books — 272 voters

Tender Morsels by Margo LanaganGraceling by Kristin CashoreThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
2009 Printz Contenders
55 books — 1,452 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsBoneshaker by Cherie Priest
Best Steampunk Books
1,229 books — 4,083 voters

The Drowned and the Saved by Primo LeviNight by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Well-Written Holocaust Books
884 books — 2,870 voters
Serena by Ron Rash
Best Books Set in Appalachia
793 books — 837 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLittle, Big by John CrowleyA Fine and Private Place by Peter S. BeagleTroll by Johanna Sinisalo
Endicott's Mythic Fiction List
110 books — 97 voters
An Evil Guest by Gene WolfeBlack Ships by Jo GrahamSpirits That Walk in Shadow by Nina Kiriki HoffmanThe Child Thief by Brom
Best Fantasy Book Covers
1,742 books — 1,833 voters

Tender Morsels by Margo LanaganThe Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-ThorntonThe Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. RoquelaureImpossible by Nancy WerlinSpirited by Nancy Holder
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,784 books — 9,159 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,558 books — 18,701 voters

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,760 books — 4,894 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonGraceling by Kristin CashoreEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,111 books — 25,578 voters

Grass by Sheri S. TepperThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenBeggars in Spain by Nancy KressBarrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,252 books — 24,499 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,207 books — 10,036 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
391 books — 528 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterThe Way Things Ought to Be by Rush LimbaughMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John GrayThe Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,636 books — 6,000 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,586 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books Ever
74,931 books — 277,876 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,295 books — 4,444 voters
James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
Best Children's Books
5,279 books — 6,641 voters