The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanTai-Pan by James ClavellShōgun by James ClavellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
7,282 books — 25,483 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraShōgun by James ClavellThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,532 books — 3,552 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 952 voters
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,938 voters

The Jungle by Upton SinclairI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
The Worst Books of All Time
8,088 books — 19,868 voters
The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
932 books — 1,097 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónJohn Adams by David McCulloughKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 21,841 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAmerica (The Book) by Jon   StewartChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Books that Make you Laugh
3,485 books — 5,016 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,824 books — 10,347 voters
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
Political Thrillers
509 books — 545 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,292 books — 15,522 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukDracula by Bram StokerHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,104 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckDune by Frank HerbertThe Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,693 voters
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónJuliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Books for 2009
580 books — 2,398 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Lion in Winter by James GoldmanRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareOthello by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
859 books — 1,126 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,201 books — 28,369 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ilium by Dan SimmonsOlympos by Dan SimmonsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,300 books — 24,503 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Wall Bangers!
754 books — 464 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonKidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pirates!
653 books — 782 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,039 books — 9,853 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSputnik Sweetheart by Haruki MurakamiAfter Dark by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,245 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,296 books — 4,479 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Humorous Books
4,296 books — 7,873 voters

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisJohn Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin1776 by David McCullough
Best American History Books
2,108 books — 2,475 voters