We recently asked subscribers of the BuzzFeed Books newsletter to tell us about a book they couldn't get out of their head. Needless to say, these novels will stick with you long after you've finished reading.
1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
2. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
3. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
4. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
5. The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
6. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
7. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
8. Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
9. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
10. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
11. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
12. Caraval by Stephanie Garber
13. The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
14. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
15. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
16. Beartown by Fredrik Backman
17. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
18. Euphoria by Lily King
19. The Silo trilogy by Hugh Howey
20. The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer
21. This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
22. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
23. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
24. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
25. Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
26. Blue Is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
27. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
28. The City and the City by China Miéville
29. Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
30. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
31. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
Note: Entries have been edited for clarity and length.