Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Women's Fiction 2012
5 books — 10 voters

Fall of Giants by Ken FollettThe Invisible Bridge by Julie OrringerSaint Maybe by Anne TylerEmpire Falls by Richard Russo
Best Family Sagas
633 books — 676 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,287 books — 5,251 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,443 books — 2,372 voters