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
857 books — 845 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
2,329 books — 3,136 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
1,549 books — 1,454 voters
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
Best History Books
4,119 books — 4,742 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
1,658 books — 18,680 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
908 books — 1,293 voters
The Ten Commandments by Laura SchlessingerDeliver Us from Evil by Sean Hannity
The Worst Books of All Time
8,126 books — 19,912 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesLincoln by Gore VidalLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
8,300 books — 27,349 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
7,513 books — 16,704 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
9,826 books — 22,731 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,893 voters