The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
474 books — 1,430 voters
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Best Feminist Fiction
1,495 books — 2,651 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,062 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyThe Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas HardyDracula by Bram StokerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Classics Library
634 books — 522 voters

The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Worst Books I Ever Read
338 books — 270 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanGirls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMystic River by Dennis Lehane
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,409 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierUse of Weapons by Iain M. BanksThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Ending
8,041 books — 6,048 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction
105 books — 161 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrPompeii by Robert   HarrisMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
1,992 books — 4,478 voters

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Best Books About Mythology
1,390 books — 2,211 voters
America (The Book) by Jon   Stewart
Best Humorous Books
4,285 books — 7,882 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
670 books — 1,043 voters
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlDry by Augusten BurroughsKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMy Life in France by Julia Child
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,085 books — 1,947 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Book Club List
739 books — 771 voters
La Cucina by Lily Prior
Food-Related Fiction
855 books — 601 voters

Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter NaslundGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Chick Lit for the Beach
1,384 books — 1,784 voters
The Shining by Stephen        KingThe Tommyknockers by Stephen        KingRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinCarrie by Stephen        King
Best Horror Novels
1,951 books — 5,405 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyEmpire Falls by Richard Russo
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,361 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDracula by Bram StokerLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
74,946 books — 278,003 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettPompeii by Robert   HarrisNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,410 voters