Circe by Madeline MillerThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara WestoverWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,959 voters
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 487 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,669 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,147 books — 2,419 voters
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Elements by Theodore GrayNapoleon's Buttons by Penny Le CouteurThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumUncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks
Chemistry - best books
174 books — 99 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,987 books — 1,306 voters