Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
Historical Fiction 2014
404 books — 2,017 voters

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam  JohnsonNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-HwanDear Leader by Jang Jin-sungA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Books on North Korea
138 books — 512 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonApril 1865 by Jay WinikAt Home by Bill BrysonBlood and Thunder by Hampton SidesNothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Best History Books
3,919 books — 4,020 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrParadise Alley by Kevin BakerDreamland by Kevin BakerThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
Best Books Set in New York City
383 books — 398 voters
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam  JohnsonThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAt Home by Bill Bryson
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,720 books — 14,342 voters

A Conspiracy of Paper by David LissThe Coffee Trader by David LissThe Devil's Company by David Liss
Novels about Business People
74 books — 25 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Last Dickens by Matthew PearlThe Dante Club by Matthew PearlThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Books about Books
1,392 books — 1,520 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrA Conspiracy of Paper by David LissA Spectacle of Corruption by David LissThe Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
1,014 books — 1,240 voters
Born to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Last Dickens by Matthew PearlOpen by Andre AgassiEating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,927 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Plight of a Nation
1,153 books — 453 voters

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David WroblewskiFreedom by Jonathan Franzen
Powell's Indiespensable
92 books — 155 voters
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersThe Orientalist by Tom ReissThe Hornet's Nest by Jimmy CarterNetherland by Joseph O'NeillLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
MOST BORING BOOK EVER!
892 books — 468 voters

The Lost by Daniel MendelsohnThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangIBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black
The Holocaust - Fiction and Non
238 books — 138 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Alienist by Caleb CarrNorth and South by John Jakes
Best Historical Fiction
7,855 books — 26,165 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe Hot Zone by Richard   Preston"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,927 books — 3,623 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryDoc by Mary Doria RussellThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Last Crossing by Guy VanderhaegheLittle Big Man by Thomas Berger
Literary Westerns
288 books — 392 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónA Conspiracy of Paper by David LissThe Angel of Darkness by Caleb CarrThe Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
Best Historical Mystery
2,272 books — 4,761 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters
The Forger's Spell by Edward DolnickVanished Smile by R.A. ScottiThe Irish Game by Matthew  Hart
Art Fraud and Theft
229 books — 183 voters

Moneyball by Michael   LewisBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton
Top reads for sports fans
964 books — 789 voters

The Secret Race by Tyler HamiltonSlaying the Badger by Richard  Moore23 Days in July by John Wilcockson
Best Cycling Books
317 books — 243 voters

A Conspiracy of Paper by David LissMr. Timothy by Louis BayardA Spectacle of Corruption by David LissMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,402 books — 1,680 voters
The Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachMoneyball by Michael   Lewis
Baseball Books to Love
270 books — 126 voters


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