The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Literary Mysteries
2,537 books — 4,564 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,294 books — 15,485 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,755 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
3,455 books — 6,758 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
249 books — 924 voters
The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonPower And Prediction by Ajay Agrawal
Best Unappreciated Books
4,358 books — 2,182 voters

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekGeneral Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesDas Kapital by Karl MarxDebt by David Graeber
Best Economics Books
450 books — 518 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVeyThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV
Best Books To Further Your Education
221 books — 129 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,832 books — 3,590 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,420 voters