The Winter King by Bernard CornwellEnemy of God by Bernard CornwellExcalibur by Bernard CornwellLancelot by Giles Kristian
Best Arthurian Fiction
482 books — 1,450 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Cowboy and the Cossack by Clair HuffakerButcher's Crossing by John  WilliamsLittle Big Man by Thomas BergerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Westerns
1,411 books — 1,571 voters

The World of Yesterday by Stefan ZweigMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellWild Swans by Jung ChangThe Pianist by Władysław Szpilman
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,370 books — 7,123 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best South Asian Fiction
755 books — 1,921 voters

The Great War for Civilisation by Robert FiskThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan PappéThe Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,116 books — 1,489 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettShōgun by James ClavellThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Fiction
7,857 books — 26,159 voters

The Song of Troy by Colleen McCullough
Best Trojan War Retellings
97 books — 140 voters
Gates of Fire by Steven PressfieldCreation by Gore VidalGlory and the Lightning by Taylor CaldwellThe Song of Troy by Colleen McCulloughClytemnestra by Costanza Casati
Historical Fiction: Ancient Greece
151 books — 237 voters

Lamb by Christopher MooreThe Secret Magdalene by Ki LongfellowThe Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos KazantzakisThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fiction with Jesus as a Character
188 books — 170 voters

Quo Vadis by Henryk SienkiewiczJulian by Gore VidalThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughAugustus by John  Williams
Best Books About Ancient Rome
749 books — 1,103 voters