Devil in the Grove by Gilbert KingThe Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot
Best History Books
4,002 books — 4,464 voters
Angle of Repose by Wallace StegnerThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughFortune's Favorites by Colleen McCulloughEnemy of God by Bernard CornwellCaesar's Women by Colleen McCullough
Best Historical Fiction
7,990 books — 26,577 voters

Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleSeveneves by Neal StephensonWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweySwan Song by Robert McCammon
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,012 books — 26,697 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckA River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
Best Westerns
1,436 books — 1,618 voters

The Brothers K by David James DuncanSometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyThe Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey
Best Books Ever
78,699 books — 293,259 voters

The Given Day by Dennis LehaneLords of the North by Bernard CornwellThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellShōgun by James ClavellSharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
Historical Fiction that GUYS like, too!
578 books — 275 voters
A Bright Shining Lie by Neil SheehanThe Great Escape by Paul BrickhillThe Outpost by Jake Tapper
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,229 books — 2,744 voters

Coming Into the Country by John McPhee
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,270 books — 8,165 voters