Sci-Fi Books
20 essential sci-fi novels — which book imagined the future best?
Authors
20 of the world's most celebrated authors — who writes best?
Best Cookbooks
Most-published cookbooks from world cuisines and famous chefs.
Best Poetry Collections
Most-published poetry collections and anthologies from around the world.
Pulitzer Fiction Winners
From Toni Morrison to Colson Whitehead - which Pulitzer Prize winning novel is America's greatest?
Best French Literature
Hugo, Flaubert, Camus, Proust - which French masterpiece towers highest over the canon?
Best Russian Literature
Tolstoy vs Dostoevsky vs Chekhov vs Gogol - who is Russia's greatest novelist of all time?
Best Psychology Books
Most-published psychology books exploring the human mind and behavior.
Best Mystery Books
Most-published mystery and detective fiction, from Agatha Christie to modern thrillers.
Best Physics Books for General Readers
Hawking, Feynman, Greene, Rovelli - which popular physics book makes the cosmos click?
Best Biographies
Most-published biographies and autobiographies of remarkable people.
Self-Help Books
20 self-help classics — which book actually changed your life?
Best Alternate History Novels
The Man in the High Castle, 11/22/63, Fatherland or The Years of Rice and Salt - which what-if novel rewrites history best?
Best Translated Fiction of the Decade
Knausgaard, Ferrante, Tokarczuk or Han Kang - whose translated voice defined literary fiction this decade?
Best Self-Help Books
Most-published self-help and personal development books.
Best Espionage Novels
Le Carre's moles, Fleming's martinis, Ludlum's amnesiacs - which spy novel is the greatest of all time?
Best Prison Literature
From Solzhenitsyn's Gulag to Mandela's long walk - which book written behind bars or about life inside resonates most?
Best Essay Collections
Sontag, Didion, Baldwin, Wallace - whose mind is sharpest when turned loose on the page?
Best Sci-Fi Books
Most-published science fiction books, spanning space opera to cyberpunk.
Best Indigenous Fiction
Erdrich, Orange, Wagamese or Silko - whose Indigenous novel best captures First Nations experience?
Best Unreliable Narrator Novels
Gone Girl's psychopath diary, Lolita's eloquent monster, Fight Club's split mind - which unreliable narrator fools you best?
Most Banned Books in History
Ulysses, Lolita, The Satanic Verses - which banned book was the most consequential to free speech?
Best Thriller Books
Most-published thrillers — heart-pounding suspense and page-turners.
Best Romance Books
Most-published romance novels across all sub-genres.