The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,263 books — 5,233 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,689 books — 14,188 voters

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Best Books of 2019
1,389 books — 1,961 voters
The Histories by HerodotusNight by Elie Wiesel
Best History Books
3,713 books — 3,754 voters

Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret MeadEuphoria by Lily King
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 272 voters
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
WWII Historic Fiction
1,460 books — 1,538 voters

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,610 voters
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,640 books — 120,476 voters

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,254 books — 17,153 voters