The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Dog Stars by Peter HellerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Stand by Stephen  King
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,245 books — 3,417 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerBel Canto by Ann PatchettArcadia by Lauren GroffThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,958 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,063 books — 5,742 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,782 voters

The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy NelsonRoom by Emma DonoghueA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,471 voters
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters