Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Art & Artists in Fiction
945 books — 1,106 voters
The Lover's Portrait by Jennifer S. AldersonThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Art Forger by Barbara A. ShapiroThe Monuments Men by Robert M. EdselVanished Smile by R.A. Scotti
Art Fraud and Theft
217 books — 140 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainWolf Hall by Hilary MantelLoving Frank by Nancy HoranThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
Fictionalized accounts of real people
350 books — 109 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 voters

Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAlanna by Tamora PiercePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,470 books — 18,232 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,437 books — 24,676 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,758 books — 25,989 voters