Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyLittle Children by Tom PerrottaThen We Came to the End by Joshua FerrisThe Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
Light but not (too) dumb
851 books — 841 voters
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroFounding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisTruman by David McCullough
Best American History Books
2,165 books — 2,519 voters

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung by Lester BangsRock Albums of the '70s by Robert ChristgauPlease Kill Me by Legs McNeilChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanShakey by Jimmy McDonough
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,448 books — 1,352 voters
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
Best History Books
3,785 books — 3,813 voters

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,563 books — 18,683 voters
Hannibal by Thomas  Harris
Worst Endings
21 books — 29 voters

Shakey by Jimmy McDonoughTiger in a Trance by Max LudingtonChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanPositively 4th Street by David HajduBob Dylan by Anthony Scaduto
Best Books on Rock and Roll
895 books — 1,279 voters
The Ten Commandments by Laura SchlessingerDeliver Us from Evil by Sean Hannity
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,875 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesLincoln by Gore VidalLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
7,557 books — 25,768 voters
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan LethemThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonDouble Indemnity by James M. Cain
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,935 voters

The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonEmpire Falls by Richard RussoThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,848 books — 22,146 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,788 voters