One Tough Cookie by Delise TorresChocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Late Bloomers' Club by Louise  MillerGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Great Foodie Fiction
47 books — 39 voters
The Alice Network by Kate QuinnThe Orphan's Tale by Pam JenoffBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateThe Women in the Castle by Jessica ShattuckWe Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
Historical Fiction 2017
339 books — 852 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMatilda by Roald DahlThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,685 books — 9,603 voters
The Fencers by Geza TatrallyayThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandLittle Girls in Pretty Boxes by Joan    RyanTriumph by Jeremy Schaap
Olympic Athletes
105 books — 48 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,122 books — 1,849 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
2,022 books — 3,944 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Forager Chefs Club by Rita Mace WalstonMedium Raw by Anthony BourdainMy Life in France by Julia ChildThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Great Books about Food
476 books — 161 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderTwilight by Stephenie MeyerIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
Food on the Cover
1,352 books — 434 voters


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