The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,799 books — 2,209 voters
Home is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny
Hugo Award Winning Novellas
65 books — 79 voters

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Eagle Has Landed by Jack HigginsPyramids by Terry Pratchett
Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
1,299 books — 4,686 voters
Hitler by Alan BullockHow to Live by Sarah BakewellThe Black Count by Tom ReissThe Plimsoll Sensation by Nicolette Jones
Best Biographies
1,725 books — 3,102 voters

Legion of the Damned by Sven HasselIf Not Now, When? by Primo LeviThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,032 books — 900 voters
Digital Fortress by Dan    Brown
1001 Books I'd Rather Die than Read
967 books — 862 voters

I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty
Reasons to Look Forward to 2013
518 books — 1,023 voters
Under Milk Wood by Dylan ThomasOur Country's Good by Timberlake WertenbakerKing Lear by William ShakespeareJerusalem by Jez ButterworthNoises Off by Michael Frayn
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,132 voters

A Decade Of The Who by Pete Townshend
Best Song Books
196 books — 20 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Bibles for the Revolution
403 books — 180 voters
Adolf Hitler by Spike MilliganMargrave of the Marshes by John  PeelStorm of Steel by Ernst JüngerMoab Is My Washpot by Stephen FryGoodbye to All That by Robert Graves
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,364 books — 7,114 voters

Stalingrad by Antony BeevorGoodbye to All That by Robert GravesStorm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,206 books — 2,529 voters
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
Best Russian History Books
579 books — 445 voters

Stalingrad by Antony BeevorThe Conquest of Gaul by Gaius Julius CaesarJerusalem by Simon Sebag MontefioreGenghis Khan by Alauddin Ata Malik al-JuvainiThe Histories by Herodotus
History as Literature
745 books — 662 voters
SS-GB by Len DeightonTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréSweet Tooth by Ian McEwanUnder Western Eyes by Joseph ConradThe Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
Best Spy Novels
1,401 books — 2,478 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
YA BOOKS BOYS WILL LOVE
617 books — 471 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1) by Mary  StewartThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
Books for eleven-year-old children
1,033 books — 562 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerA Question of Blood by Ian RankinFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerFleshmarket Close by Ian RankinThe Long Good-bye by Raymond Chandler
Best Hardboiled Crime Novels
111 books — 79 voters

The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History by Colin McEvedyThe Penguin Atlas of Ancient History by Colin McEvedyThe Conquest of Gaul by Gaius Julius CaesarAttila the Hun by John ManStalingrad by Antony Beevor
European History
788 books — 160 voters
The Flying Man by Roopa FarookiThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanLord of the Flies by William GoldingFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonEnigma by Robert   Harris
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 727 voters

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanHope by Shalom AuslanderThe Falcons of Fire and Ice by Karen MaitlandThe Teleportation Accident by Ned BeaumanThe Girl on the Stairs by Louise Welsh
Best Books of 2012
3,522 books — 9,190 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegHMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLeanRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Boat Books
773 books — 502 voters
The Principia by Isaac NewtonIdeas and Opinions by Albert EinsteinA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingHow to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,927 books — 3,623 voters

Mainlines, Blood Feasts and Bad Taste by Lester BangsJaprocksampler by Julian CopeDifferent for Girls by Louise WenerKeep it Together! by Rich DeakinThe Real Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa
Best Music Books
418 books — 196 voters
Japrocksampler by Julian CopeKrautrocksampler by Julian CopeDiary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star by Ian   HunterInside Out by Nick Mason
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,472 books — 1,385 voters

Stig of the Dump by Clive KingThe Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary SutcliffThe Hairy Toe by Daniel PostgateAsterix the Gaul by René GoscinnyThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
50 Books Every Child Should Read
1,394 books — 1,115 voters


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