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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona AndrewsCarl's Book of Boom by Matt Dinniman
2026 Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
65 books — 12 voters
FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven
Theme Parks
41 books — 19 voters

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Books with Recipes
382 books — 102 voters
The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2025
508 books — 736 voters

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,746 books — 1,608 voters
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Portal Fantasy Books
381 books — 133 voters

No Exit by Taylor Adams
52 Book Club 2024: #1 Locked-Room Mystery
179 books — 228 voters
Wind and Truth by Brandon SandersonEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettThe Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2024
492 books — 928 voters

No Exit by Taylor AdamsAnxious People by Fredrik BackmanThe 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Popsugar 2024 #24 - A Book That Takes Place Over the Course of 24 Hours
85 books — 122 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasFirst Grave on the Right by Darynda JonesThe Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
Popsugar 2024 #36 - A Book Written By an Incarcerated Or Formerly Incarcerated Person
112 books — 131 voters

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Popsugar 2022 #3 - A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
134 books — 191 voters
The Passage by Justin CroninJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Popsugar 2022 #31 - A book featuring a man-made disaster
193 books — 181 voters

Taste by Stanley TucciJulie and Julia by Julie PowellMurder with Lemon Tea Cakes by Karen Rose SmithRed Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Popsugar 2022 #23 A Book with a Recipe in it
186 books — 213 voters
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
South, Central and Latin American Women Authors
204 books — 94 voters

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain NeuvelIlluminae by Amie KaufmanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Multimedia Novels
17 books — 15 voters
Press Here by Hervé TulletThis Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Best Modern Children's Picture Books
414 books — 235 voters

Tickle Monster by Josie BissettThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneChicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Books I read my Toddlers
18 books — 11 voters
The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Books about Books and Authors
210 books — 137 voters

Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters
Vacations from Hell
152 books — 66 voters
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidArtemis by Andy WeirBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
2018: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2018
1,671 books — 234 voters

Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
Goodreads Choice Awards 2018 (eligible for write-in only)
1,451 books — 2,238 voters
Magic Bites by Ilona AndrewsThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasMoon Called by Patricia BriggsDead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,404 books — 18,091 voters

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Best Zombie Books
1,433 books — 3,073 voters
Caraval by Stephanie GarberThe Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
Circus/Carnival Books
702 books — 1,080 voters

Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
Can't Wait Books of 2018
1,208 books — 4,466 voters
Killer Jam by Karen MacInerneyThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyCarbs & Cadavers by J.B. Stanley
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,121 books — 2,445 voters

Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanA Mortal Terror by James R. BennThe de Valera Deception by Michael McMenaminCity of Women by David R. GillhamThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
WWII Historic Fiction
1,353 books — 1,512 voters
Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon
Best Family Sagas
617 books — 660 voters

The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
World War II Fiction
1,274 books — 1,974 voters
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2016
1,249 books — 4,504 voters


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