The North Water by Ian McGuireHis Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Best Historical Thrillers
212 books — 120 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Very Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
332 books — 594 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Scariest books of all time
640 books — 735 voters
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Best Science Fiction
3,735 books — 7,212 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonCitizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best History Books
3,792 books — 3,816 voters
The Big Short by Michael   Lewis
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,042 books — 121,680 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,563 books — 18,683 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
2,175 books — 2,441 voters
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonLords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed
Pulitzer Winners: History
106 books — 110 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
1,462 books — 5,290 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteZodiac by Robert Graysmith
Best True Crime
1,382 books — 2,009 voters

The Children of Men by P.D. James
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Firm by Robin WaterfieldThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,946 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
124 books — 202 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyDracula by Bram StokerRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinBlindness by José Saramago
Quality Dark Fiction
2,550 books — 3,267 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,934 books — 6,461 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
2,167 books — 2,522 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,268 books — 9,167 voters
Outliers by Malcolm GladwellTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,237 books — 8,069 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,854 books — 26,118 voters