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
49 books — 40 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
353 books — 868 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)
6,418 books — 8,214 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
1,394 books — 1,523 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
14,245 books — 10,298 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
108 books — 51 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
2,220 books — 1,995 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
2,053 books — 3,997 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
481 books — 162 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Cupcake Queen by Heather HeplerIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Food on the Cover
1,363 books — 438 voters


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