Best Translated Fiction of the Decade
Knausgaard, Ferrante, Tokarczuk or Han Kang - whose translated voice defined literary fiction this decade?
Best Romance Books
Most-published romance novels across all sub-genres.
Best Japanese Literature
Murakami, Kawabata, Mishima, Tanizaki - which of Japan's literary giants cuts deepest?
Best Graphic Memoirs
Persepolis, Maus, Fun Home or Hyperbole and a Half - which true-story comic tells the deepest truth?
Best Biographies
Most-published biographies and autobiographies of remarkable people.
Best Religious & Spiritual Books
Most-published religious and spiritual texts across world traditions.
Best Post-Apocalyptic Novels
The Road, Station Eleven, Earth Abides or A Canticle for Leibowitz - which end-of-the-world story hits hardest?
Best Graphic Novels & Comics
Most-published graphic novels, manga, and comic book collections.
Best Fiction Books
Most-published fiction books of all time, ranked by number of editions worldwide.
Fantasy Book Series
20 legendary fantasy series — which fictional world is the greatest?
Authors
20 of the world's most celebrated authors — who writes best?
Best Horror Books
Most-published horror fiction, from gothic classics to modern terror.
Book Genres Ranked
Fantasy, thriller, romance, sci-fi, self-help — which genre reigns supreme in the battle for your bookshelf?
Pulitzer Fiction Winners
From Toni Morrison to Colson Whitehead - which Pulitzer Prize winning novel is America's greatest?
Best Indigenous Fiction
Erdrich, Orange, Wagamese or Silko - whose Indigenous novel best captures First Nations experience?
Best Physics Books for General Readers
Hawking, Feynman, Greene, Rovelli - which popular physics book makes the cosmos click?
Best Maritime Novels
Moby-Dick, Master and Commander, The Old Man and the Sea or Treasure Island - which saltwater tale rules the waves?
Best Unreliable Narrator Novels
Gone Girl's psychopath diary, Lolita's eloquent monster, Fight Club's split mind - which unreliable narrator fools you best?
Best Thriller Books
Most-published thrillers — heart-pounding suspense and page-turners.
Iconic Literary Couples
Elizabeth and Darcy, Heathcliff and Cathy, Jay and Daisy - which is fiction's greatest love story?
Best Food Memoirs
Kitchen Confidential, Tender at the Bone, Heat or Blood Bones and Butter - whose kitchen memoir best serves up a life?
Best Epistolary Novels
From Dracula's diary entries to The Color Purple's letters to God - which novel told through documents grips you most?
Best Russian Literature
Tolstoy vs Dostoevsky vs Chekhov vs Gogol - who is Russia's greatest novelist of all time?
Best Espionage Novels
Le Carre's moles, Fleming's martinis, Ludlum's amnesiacs - which spy novel is the greatest of all time?