Rule: an author may only appear once on the page, no duplications
Comment: For series, I’ve listed the first book as a matter of convenience – I haven’t tried to pick which book I like the most.
Children’s/YA
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter series) by JK Rowling
- The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
- The Thief (The Queen’s Thief trilogy) by Megan Whelan Turner
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori series) by Lian Hearn
Literary Fiction
- Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust
- The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq
- Beware of Pity by Stephen Zweig
Mysteries
- The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves and Wooster mysteries) by P.G. Wodehouse
- Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries) by Dorothy Sayers
- Shakespeare’s Landlord (Lily Bard mysteries) by Charlaine Harris
- The Language of Bees (Mary Russell mysteries) by Laurie R. King
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Non-Fiction
- We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
- Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal
- The Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
- The Sweet Science by A.J. Liebling
- Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
Romances (Historical)
- Untie My Heart by Judith Ivory
- Not Quite A Husband by Sherry Thomas
- Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
- My Dearest Enemy by Connie Brockway
- The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romances (Others)
- Just The Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James
- Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
- Strange Attractions by Emma Holly
- Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
- Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Urban Fantasy
- Darkfever (Fever series) by Karen Marie Moning
- Magic Bites (Kate Daniels series) by Ilona Andrews
- Storm Front (The Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher
- Dead Witch Walking (Rachel Morgan series) by Kim Harrison
- Moon Called (Mercy Thompson series) by Patricia Briggs
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
- The Belgariad by David Eddings
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
- The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (The Blue Sword)
- Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams