Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,235 books — 8,067 voters
Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,791 voters

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Great SFF Picaresques
75 books — 118 voters
Ghost Story by Peter StraubJohn the Balladeer by Manly Wade WellmanVaporetto 13 by Robert GirardiCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuSometimes, After Sunset by Tanith Lee
Best Supernatural Fiction
983 books — 474 voters

Once Upon a Winter's Night by Dennis L. McKiernanTam Lin by Pamela DeanRed as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer by Tanith LeeDarkest Desire by Anthony Schmitz
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,155 voters
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Best Children's Literature
58 books — 52 voters

Smiley's People by John le CarréThe Kill Artist by Daniel SilvaThe Sisters by Robert LittellGood News, Bad News by David WolstencroftOld Boys by Charles McCarry
Espionage
989 books — 1,024 voters
In the Name of Ishmael by Giuseppe GennaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezI'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 622 voters

Fevre Dream by George R.R. MartinThe Stress of Her Regard by Tim PowersAnno Dracula by Kim Newman
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,788 books — 4,922 voters
A Clean Kill in Tokyo by Barry EislerWithout Warning by John Birmingham
Thrillers
4,613 books — 5,627 voters

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'ConnellA Season for the Dead by David HewsonA Test of Wills by Charles ToddA Great Deliverance by Elizabeth  GeorgeNo Graves As Yet by Anne Perry
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,213 books — 2,303 voters
Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'ConnellA Season for the Dead by David HewsonNo Graves As Yet by Anne PerryMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,629 voters

Eifelheim by Michael FlynnTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisIn the Garden of Iden by Kage BakerNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBehold the Man by Michael Moorcock
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,456 books — 24,726 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,704 books — 120,690 voters

King Hereafter by Dorothy DunnettThe Widow of the South by Robert HicksThe Tenderness of Wolves by Stef PenneyKilling Mister Watson by Peter MatthiessenI'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti
Best Historical Fiction
7,432 books — 25,619 voters