The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Firm by Robin Waterfield
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7,318 books — 15,598 voters
Dissolution by C.J. SansomA Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
975 books — 1,201 voters

Old Man's War by John ScalziThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins11/22/63 by Stephen  KingCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,213 books — 8,958 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Books that Make you Laugh
3,499 books — 5,076 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonShutter Island by Dennis LehaneThe Firm by Robin WaterfieldThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,767 books — 6,662 voters
Eye of the Needle by Ken FollettCasino Royale by Ian FlemingJackdaws by Ken FollettThe Unlikely Spy by Daniel SilvaThe Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett
Espionage
989 books — 1,024 voters

Under the Black Flag by David CordinglyTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
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655 books — 782 voters
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittTrue Grit by Charles Portis
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1,381 books — 1,506 voters

Odd Thomas by Dean KoontzThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
2,085 books — 5,452 voters
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Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,873 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsReady Player One by Ernest ClineFeed by Mira GrantStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,759 books — 25,993 voters
Old Man's War by John ScalziDune by Frank Herbert
Excellent Space Opera
1,017 books — 3,652 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Belgariad Boxed Set by David EddingsThe Diamond Throne by David EddingsThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,207 books — 25,758 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleTwilight by Stephenie MeyerOdd Thomas by Dean KoontzThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen  King
Books to get you in the Halloween Mood
670 books — 447 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceA Nation Rising by Kenneth C. Davis11/22/63 by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,689 books — 14,188 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Bring on the Creepy!
696 books — 468 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirDoomsday Book by Connie WillisWilliam Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace by Ian Doescher
Sci Fi Must Read
57 books — 10 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Belgariad, Vol. 1 by David EddingsThe Diamond Throne by David EddingsThe Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry BrooksThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,084 books — 11,711 voters

Dissolution by C.J. SansomA Beautiful Blue Death by Charles FinchThe Winter Queen by Boris AkuninEye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Best Historical Mystery
2,083 books — 4,543 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonDune by Frank HerbertThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWatership Down by Richard  Adams
Best Books Ever
76,467 books — 284,432 voters