Scaramouche by Rafael SabatiniThe Dragon at Noonday by Edith PargeterBellarion the Fortunate by Rafael SabatiniCaptain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
Best Historical Fiction
7,478 books — 25,671 voters
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieFer-de-Lance by Rex StoutA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersHave His Carcase by Dorothy L. SayersA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Detective
56 books — 14 voters

The Case of the Constant Suicides by John Dickson CarrThe Judas Window by Carter DicksonThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieEnvious Casca by Georgette HeyerMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Locked Room Mysteries
161 books — 152 voters
Leave It to Psmith by P.G. WodehouseRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseJeeves in the Morning by P.G. WodehouseAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Best Lighthearted Literature
619 books — 484 voters

The Silver Branch by Rosemary SutcliffThe Dancing Bear by Peter DickinsonThe Story of Rolf & the Viking Bow by Allen FrenchThe Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary SutcliffThe Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
Best Children's Historical Fiction
831 books — 831 voters
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Story Girl by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Girl's Literature
27 books — 5 voters

Emma by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenMansfield Park by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Best Jane Austen Novels
20 books — 479 voters
Come On, Seabiscuit! by Ralph MoodyKing of the Wind by Marguerite HenryWhite Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite HenryJustin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite HenryAlbum of Horses by Marguerite Henry
Best Horse Books
610 books — 368 voters

The Silver Chair by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
Best Children's Fantasy
971 books — 1,114 voters
Emma by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMansfield Park by Jane Austen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,712 books — 6,884 voters