Locke & Key, Vol. 1 by Joe HillThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanHellboy, Vol. 1 by Mike MignolaFrom Hell by Alan             Moore
Best Horror Comics/Graphic Novels!
657 books — 439 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
3,769 books — 26,027 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWolf Hall by Hilary MantelKatherine by Anya SetonWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
History through Novels: England/UK
307 books — 177 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,249 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,440 books — 2,356 voters