Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,016 books — 2,063 voters

Blindsight by Peter WattsThe Colonel by Peter WattsEchopraxia by Peter WattsRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Hard Science Fiction Space Horror
8 books — 3 voters
The Battle for Spain by Antony BeevorAt the Hands of Persons Unknown by Philip DrayEve's Herbs by John M. RiddleRace Against Time by Jerry MitchellFranchise by Marcia Chatelain
Revisionist History
133 books — 5 voters

The Physician by Noah GordonThe Alienist by Caleb CarrOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettCutting for Stone by Abraham   Verghese
Best Historical Medical Fiction
148 books — 117 voters

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,448 books — 2,654 voters