In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,413 books — 2,026 voters
The Swan Lake Murders by Susan  RowlandSecondhand Spirits by Juliet BlackwellA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnellThe Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
Best Mystery Books
282 books — 135 voters

The Midwife by Jennifer WorthBaby Catcher by Peggy VincentMidwives by Chris BohjalianSpiritual Midwifery by Ina May GaskinHeart and Hands by Elizabeth  Davis
Midwifery books
116 books — 71 voters
The Happiness Project by Gretchen RubinThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
A Year in the Life
234 books — 366 voters

The Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirZ by Therese Anne FowlerThe Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Books About Wives of the Famous
268 books — 216 voters
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana GabaldonThe Collector of Dying Breaths by M.J. RoseA Burnable Book by Bruce HolsingerA King's Ransom by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Historical Fiction 2014
400 books — 2,010 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,476 books — 2,470 voters