Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,785 books — 2,230 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Well-Written Holocaust Books
903 books — 2,923 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
1,385 books — 2,019 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
7,348 books — 16,034 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
3,455 books — 6,776 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Steampunk Books
1,277 books — 4,109 voters

Bright Young Things by Anna GodbersenRevolution by Jennifer DonnellyVixen by Jillian LarkinA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayAnastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap
New YA historical fiction in 2010-2011
102 books — 424 voters