The results of our first SBC Reader Survey are in! We asked Silent Book Club members to share the last great book they read and more than 1200 readers replied.
In total, there were 818 books recommended across all genres and eras from classics to new releases. Readers shared fiction, non-fiction, works in translation, poetry, YA, graphic novels, thrillers, horror, self-help, memoirs, and much more.
Many of the most popular books were installments in series ( Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros led the pack), and many readers voted for series as a whole (like ACOTAR by Sarah J. Maas). We divided the Top 10 into two categories: Books and Series, with the most recommended titles in each.
Did your favorites make the list?
Below, we included every title that was nominated by more than five SBC members. You can browse all of these recommendations on Bookshop.org , and we'll be sharing out more book lists in the future to help you pick your next read!
Top 5 Books
The Women - Kristin Hannah
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt
The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride
Top 5 Series
Empyrean series ( Fourth Wing , Iron Flame ) - Rebecca Yarros
Throne of Glass series - Sarah J Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses series - Sarah J Maas
Crescent City series - Sarah J Maas
Heartstopper (graphic novel series) - Alice Oseman
Honorable mentions
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
Babel - R.F. Kuang
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Butcher & Blackbird- Brynne Weaver
Verity - Colleen Hoover
Yellowface - R.F. Kuang
The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
The Berry Pickers - Amanda Peters
Starter Villain - John Scalzi
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig
North Woods - Daniel Mason
The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon
None of This is True - Lisa Jewell
Circe - Madeline Miller
Chain Gang All Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Beartown - Fredrik Backman
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us - Hanif Abdurraqib
Bookshops and Bonedust - Travis Baldree
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