Every book on BookWard’s Top 100 charts
100 books have their own page with rank history, twelve months of reading interest from public data, a score breakdown and reader stats. Ranks shown are for September 2026. A book earns a page only when there is enough real data to say something useful about it.
Biography (3)
- #12 Can't Hurt Me David Goggins
- #66 Het Achterhuis Anne Frank
- #95 Wings of Fire A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Business (6)
- #10 Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki
- #21 The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel
- #34 The Richest Man in Babylon George S. Clason
- #64 Zero to One Peter A. Thiel
- #84 $100M Offers Alex Hormozi
- #90 Deep Work Cal Newport
Children (5)
- #16 The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- #19 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney
- #65 Wonder R. J. Palacio
- #81 Holes Louis Sachar
- #93 Dog Man Dav Pilkey
Classics (11)
- #3 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
- #4 Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
- #14 Animal Farm George Orwell
- #24 Metamorphosis Franz Kafka
- #26 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
- #28 Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë
- #32 The Stranger Albert Camus
- #48 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
- #54 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
- #60 Little Women Louisa May Alcott
- #74 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
Fantasy (10)
- #1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling
- #9 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin
- #20 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
- #35 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling
- #39 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros
- #56 The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
- #61 The Cruel Prince Holly Black
- #83 Powerless Lauren Roberts
- #86 The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller
- #87 A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas
History (1)
- #30 Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari
Horror (2)
- #25 It Stephen King
- #55 The Shining Stephen King
Literary fiction (8)
- #36 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
- #41 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
- #42 A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
- #47 A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
- #71 One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez
- #92 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid
- #98 The Midnight Library Matt Haig
- #100 The Book Thief Markus Zusak
Philosophy (3)
- #29 The Art of War Sun Tzu
- #43 Meditations Marcus Aurelius
- #76 The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle
Psychology (6)
- #15 Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl
- #23 Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman
- #27 The Laws of Human Nature Robert Greene
- #72 Influence Robert B. Cialdini
- #88 Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman
- #89 Surrounded by Idiots Thomas Erikson
Romance (11)
- #6 It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover
- #8 The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood
- #40 Twisted Love Ana Huang
- #44 Haunting Adeline H. D. Carlton
- #46 The Deal Elle Kennedy
- #63 Icebreaker Hannah Grace
- #67 Twisted Games Ana Huang
- #68 It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover
- #79 Hunting Adeline H. D. Carlton
- #91 Fifty Shades of Grey E. L. James
- #97 Lights Out Navessa Allen
Sci-fi (3)
- #51 Dune Frank Herbert
- #62 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
- #73 Project Hail Mary Andy Weir
Science (1)
- #77 A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking
Self-help (12)
- #2 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie
- #7 The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene
- #11 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson
- #17 Atomic Habits James Clear
- #18 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey
- #22 Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill
- #31 The Power of Your Subconscious Mind Joseph Murphy
- #45 Ikigai Héctor García
- #53 How to Talk to Anyone Leil Lowndes
- #70 The Mountain Is You Brianna Wiest
- #75 The Let Them Theory Mel Robbins
- #78 The Secret Rhonda Byrne
Thriller and mystery (5)
- #33 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson
- #37 The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides
- #50 And Then There Were None Agatha Christie
- #69 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
- #96 The Housemaid Freida McFadden
Young adult (13)
- #5 The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan
- #13 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
- #38 Girl in Pieces Kathleen Glasgow
- #49 Shatter Me Tahereh Mafi
- #52 The Fault in Our Stars John Green
- #57 The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan
- #58 Red Queen Victoria Aveyard
- #59 Twilight Stephenie Meyer
- #80 One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus
- #82 The Outsiders S. E. Hinton
- #85 The Giver Lois Lowry
- #94 The Hired Girl Laura Amy Schlitz
- #99 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
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