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Universality by Natasha Brown
Goldsmiths Prize 2025 Eligible Books
22 books — 7 voters
Flesh by David SzalayEndling by Maria Reva
Giller Prize Eligible 2025
19 books — 3 voters

Autocracy, Inc. by Anne ApplebaumThere Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif ShafakUniversality by Natasha BrownParallel Lines by Edward St AubynPrecipice by Robert Harris
The Orwell Prizes 2025 - The Finalists
16 books — 2 voters
Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Books Set in Tanzania
33 books — 16 voters

The Director by Daniel KehlmannAutocorrect by Etgar KeretYou Glow in the Dark by Liliana ColanziOff-White by Astrid H. RoemerChilco by Daniela Catrileo
International Booker Prize 2026: Eligible Books
122 books — 36 voters
Poor Deer by Claire OshetskyPiglet by Lottie HazellStone Yard Devotional by Charlotte WoodEnter Ghost by Isabella HammadThe Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 Eligible Books
90 books — 73 voters

Beautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoUniversality by Natasha BrownAerth by Deborah TomkinsDisappoint Me by Nicola DinanFlashlight by Susan Choi
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
177 books — 173 voters
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky ChambersNorth Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher
Queer Characters Bein' Queer
66 books — 16 voters

Beautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoPoor Deer by Claire OshetskyMargo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi ThorpeJames by Percival EverettCreation Lake by Rachel Kushner
2025 Tournament of Books Longlist
81 books — 221 voters
Beautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoUniversality by Natasha BrownI Will Crash by Rebecca WatsonThere Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif ShafakCreation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 Eligible Books
143 books — 38 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanShrill by Lindy WestInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Let's Dismantle the Patriarchy
286 books — 55 voters
The Book of Dog by Lark BenobiThe Power by Naomi AldermanRed Clocks by Leni ZumasAmmonite by Nicola GriffithThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Actually Feminist Fiction
64 books — 12 voters

Not a River by Selva AlmadaThe Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patrícia MeloO avesso da pele by Jeferson TenórioKids Run the Show by Delphine de ViganConfrontations by Simone Atangana Bekono
International Booker Prize 2024: Eligible Books
170 books — 77 voters
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la CerdaWhat I Know About You by Éric ChacourThe Son of Man by Jean-Baptiste Del AmoBad Habit by Alana S. PorteroLe perfezioni by Vincenzo Latronico
International Booker Prize 2025: Eligible Books
179 books — 70 voters

Elena Knows by Claudia PiñeiroNot a River by Selva AlmadaThe Delivery by Margarita García RobayoDead Girls by Selva AlmadaThe Wind That Lays Waste by Selva Almada
Charco Press
42 books — 21 voters
Blackouts by Justin Torres
2024 Tournament of Books shortlist
18 books — 27 voters

Wellness by Nathan HillDo You Remember Being Born? by Sean MichaelsJames by Percival EverettPiglet by Lottie HazellBeautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Booker Prize Eligible 2024
194 books — 179 voters
Not a River by Selva AlmadaConfrontations by Simone Atangana BekonoThe Delivery by Margarita García RobayoBlizzard by Marie VingtrasLost on Me by Veronica Raimo
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024 eligible submissions
147 books — 13 voters

Beautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoJames by Percival EverettPoor Deer by Claire OshetskyPiglet by Lottie HazellMartyr! by Kaveh Akbar
GoodReads Picks for Tournament of Books 2025
76 books — 56 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
World War One Literature
224 books — 358 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelCloud Atlas by David Mitchell1984 by George Orwell
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,229 books — 3,404 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelA Man for All Seasons by Robert BoltGame of Queens by Sarah GristwoodThe Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo
Best Books About Tudor England
605 books — 1,617 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Histories by HerodotusCollapse by Jared DiamondColumbine by Dave Cullen
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezEllen Foster by Kaye GibbonsThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Oprah's Book Club Picks
121 books — 2,199 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraMeditations by Marcus AureliusHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Odyssey by Homer
Joseph Brodsky’s Reading List For Having an Intelligent Conversation
121 books — 48 voters
She-Wolves by Helen Castor
People of the Wars of the Roses (Non-fiction)
138 books — 55 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe History of the Medieval World by Susan Wise BauerShe-Wolves by Helen Castor
Best Medieval History Books
806 books — 316 voters
Ancillary Mercy by Ann LeckieThe Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2015
575 books — 3,029 voters

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2015 - Best Books I've Read This Year
90 books — 21 voters
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric IvesThe Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
74 books — 183 voters


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