The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Doomsday Book by Connie WillisKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Essential Knowledge About Your Food
69 books — 47 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,989 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodEarth Abides by George R. Stewart1984 by George Orwell
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,245 books — 3,412 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,421 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenI, Claudius by Robert GravesDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,272 voters
Little, Big by John CrowleyRiddley Walker by Russell HobanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Best Humorous Books
4,326 books — 7,864 voters