The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Mystery
2,061 books — 4,516 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
What We've Read So Far In 2010
4,981 books — 1,784 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,189 voters
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,843 voters

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine HoweGrave Goods by Ariana Franklin
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters
The Shack by William Paul YoungThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkThe Lost Symbol by Dan    BrownWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
What To Read Next
20,164 books — 24,051 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Monsters of Templeton by Lauren GroffThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyThe Gargoyle by Andrew  Davidson
Best Book Cover Art
12,388 books — 7,097 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,198 books — 68,030 voters

The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren GroffIn the Woods by Tana FrenchAudrey, Wait! by Robin BenwayGraceling by Kristin Cashore
Best Book Covers of 2008
134 books — 100 voters
City of Thieves by David BenioffPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen KentThe Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters