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The North Water by Ian McGuireHis Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Best Historical Thrillers
207 books — 121 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Very Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
329 books — 592 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Scariest books of all time
629 books — 733 voters
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Best Science Fiction
3,596 books — 6,834 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonCitizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best History Books
3,670 books — 3,698 voters
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,304 books — 118,791 voters

The Prize by Daniel Yergin
Books that tell you what REALLY is going on!
619 books — 201 voters
The Prize by Daniel Yergin
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 342 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
465 books — 519 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,697 voters

Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. AmbroseEmbers Of War by Fredrik LogevallBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Rising Sun by John Toland
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,104 books — 2,335 voters
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonLords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed
Pulitzer Winners: History
106 books — 109 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Randالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Complete Works by William Shakespeare
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,282 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteZodiac by Robert Graysmith
Best True Crime
1,323 books — 1,872 voters

The Children of Men by P.D. James
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,106 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Firm by John GrishamThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,294 books — 15,451 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le CarréEye of the Needle by Ken FollettDown River by John HartMr. White's Confession by Robert Clark
Edgar Award Winners
123 books — 202 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyDracula by Bram StokerRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinBlindness by José Saramago
Quality Dark Fiction
2,474 books — 3,218 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,776 books — 6,305 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonCitizen Soldiers by Stephen E. AmbroseA History of the American People by Paul Johnson
Best American History Books
2,116 books — 2,474 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,177 books — 8,909 voters
Outliers by Malcolm GladwellTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,072 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,696 books — 25,894 voters