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
8,152 books — 5,186 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
7,644 books — 14,148 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
3,688 books — 3,725 voters

Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret MeadEuphoria by Lily King
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 270 voters
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
WWII Historic Fiction
1,399 books — 1,524 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
7,322 books — 25,532 voters
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,405 books — 119,677 voters

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,109 books — 16,966 voters