All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrQuiet by Susan Cain
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,759 books — 120,874 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
7,318 books — 15,673 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
8,362 books — 8,463 voters
Spares by Michael Marshall SmithOnly Forward by Michael Marshall SmithOne of Us by Michael Marshall Smith
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,389 books — 10,360 voters

Our Zoo by June Mottershead
Books about Zoos
41 books — 27 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
3,767 books — 26,024 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
1,786 books — 2,540 voters

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,764 books — 1,645 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
661 books — 1,262 voters