March by Geraldine BrooksAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeFall of Giants by Ken FollettSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Best Historical Fiction
7,860 books — 26,162 voters
Fall of Giants by Ken FollettA Cup of Tea by Amy Ephron
Best Historical Mystery
2,274 books — 4,763 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisThe School of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisCatering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
Nouvelle Cuisine
366 books — 248 voters
The English Girl by Daniel SilvaStill Life by Louise PennyA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,293 books — 2,527 voters

The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie MacomberThe Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate JacobsA Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber
Good Yarns: Knitting Fiction
185 books — 272 voters
Winter of the World by Ken FollettThe Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
Amazing WWII fiction (some with romance)
426 books — 657 voters

Stones from the River by Ursula HegiThe Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
Well-Written Holocaust Books
911 books — 2,956 voters
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Best Books Set in Australia
1,071 books — 591 voters

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys BowenA Royal Pain by Rhys BowenA Cup of Tea by Amy EphronBlessings by Anna QuindlenFollow Your Heart by Susanna Tamaro
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,206 books — 4,188 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelChocolat by Joanne Harris
Foodie Novels
248 books — 165 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,927 voters