The Black Echo by Michael    Connelly
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,987 books — 1,498 voters
The 39 Steps by John BuchanRed Sparrow by Jason  Matthews
Best Spy Novels
1,386 books — 2,429 voters

The Children of Men by P.D. JamesThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Stand by Stephen  KingLord of the Flies by William Golding
Dystopia!
1,226 books — 2,771 voters

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
331 books — 688 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Stand by Stephen  King
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,920 books — 26,255 voters

Tastes and Tales from Russia by Alla Danishevsky
Best Ethnic Cookbooks
317 books — 145 voters
Indian Spice Kitchen by Monisha BharadwajLord Krishna's Cuisine by Yamuna DeviDakshin by Chandra PadmanabhanThe Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. FisherThe Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher
Unusual Cookbooks
573 books — 83 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Free eBooks
657 books — 1,271 voters
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Books That You Didn't Expect to Be Good
139 books — 133 voters

Inferno by Dan    BrownRed Sparrow by Jason  Matthews
Best books of May, 2013
123 books — 554 voters
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,132 books — 5,391 voters

Embers by Sándor Márai
20th Century Hungarian Literature
147 books — 191 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Fantastic Vampire Fiction
124 books — 75 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,829 books — 4,959 voters

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Berlin
316 books — 187 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryPossession by A.S. ByattThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Best Historical Fiction
7,815 books — 26,067 voters