The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,765 books — 26,019 voters
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant by Jenni Ferrari-AdlerI Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti by Giulia MelucciBread Alone by Judi HendricksThe Pleasures of Cooking for One by Judith JonesThe Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman
Food Reads
294 books — 81 voters

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,931 voters
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Great Chinese Historical Fiction
216 books — 273 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Teen Historical Fiction
1,398 books — 3,097 voters
A Step from Heaven by An Na
Best Asian-American Teen Fiction
277 books — 335 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Love Stories
5,179 books — 9,640 voters
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesThe Last Summer of You and Me by Ann Brashares
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
701 books — 1,189 voters

Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
Best chicklit
778 books — 1,060 voters
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
What To Read Next
20,494 books — 24,345 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Historical Fiction
7,435 books — 25,623 voters