All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrQuiet by Susan Cain
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,369 books — 123,371 voters
In the Woods by Tana FrenchSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,401 books — 16,243 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Big Over Easy by Jasper FfordeThe Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
Stories For Book Lovers
8,448 books — 8,643 voters
Spares by Michael Marshall SmithOnly Forward by Michael Marshall SmithOne of Us by Michael Marshall Smith
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,390 books — 10,377 voters

Our Zoo by June Mottershead
Books about Zoos
42 books — 28 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardSpares by Michael Marshall SmithOnly Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,920 books — 26,253 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Last Dragonslayer by Jasper FfordeShip of Magic by Robin HobbShip of Destiny by Robin HobbFool's Fate by Robin Hobb
Dragons
1,824 books — 2,556 voters

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,803 books — 1,686 voters
Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo
Books about AFRICA or by AFRICAN AUTHORS
820 books — 286 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBallad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian RubinsteinBurglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence BlockThe Burglar in the Closet by Lawrence BlockRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren
Thieves
663 books — 1,264 voters