Black Hawk Down by Mark BowdenA Higher Call by Adam MakosMasters of the Air by Donald L. MillerStuka Pilot by Hans-Ulrich RudelChickenhawk by Robert Mason
Nonfiction Military Aviation
217 books — 79 voters
Paper Targets by Steve S. SaroffDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Noir Novels
75 books — 59 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleySomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Titles that Allude to Shakespeare
128 books — 50 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,644 books — 6,900 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Detective Fiction
1,183 books — 1,079 voters
NOS4A2 by Joe HillHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiBird Box by Josh MalermanWorld War Z by Max BrooksHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
483 books — 1,248 voters

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
1,339 books — 1,885 voters