Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Frederick DavidsonA People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
584 books — 425 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,400 books — 1,672 voters

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenThe American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
291 books — 1,535 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,032 books — 900 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukTrainspotting by Irvine WelshHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
581 books — 444 voters
1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
977 books — 614 voters