Angels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,629 voters
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanRedwall by Brian Jacques
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,213 books — 25,808 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best Historical Fiction
7,432 books — 25,619 voters
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDracula by Bram StokerEmma by Jane AustenThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,877 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,842 books — 22,013 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Giver by Lois LowryEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,789 voters
1491 by Charles C. MannThe Civil War by Shelby FooteNight by Elie WieselBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseTheodore Rex by Edmund  Morris
Best History Books
3,719 books — 3,758 voters

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Ides of March by Thornton WilderAnno's Journey by Mitsumasa AnnoThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanUp a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
Springtime
78 books — 13 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,696 books — 120,661 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Gothic Books of All Time
588 books — 3,504 voters