Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Civil War by Shelby FooteThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroThe Roman Revolution by Ronald SymeNixonland by Rick Perlstein
Best History Books
3,689 books — 3,726 voters
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund  MorrisThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeHomage to Catalonia by George OrwellThe Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
Modern Library 100 Best Non-fiction
100 books — 26 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceAll the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels
100 books — 296 voters
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 775 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,134 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe 42nd Parallel by John Dos PassosHomage to Catalonia by George OrwellAppointment in Samarra by John O'HaraI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,255 voters

All the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges1984 by George OrwellDarkness at Noon by Arthur KoestlerThe Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
831 books — 1,144 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerPnin by Vladimir NabokovThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,510 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ubik by Philip K. DickOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeThe Ghost Writer by Philip RothBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo IshiguroThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceAmerican Pastoral by Philip RothAmerican Tabloid by James EllroyThe Savage Detectives by Roberto BolañoSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellUbik by Philip K. DickSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,330 books — 24,581 voters
Shakey by Jimmy McDonoughThe Beatles by Bob SpitzKilling Yourself to Live by Chuck KlostermanHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Beatles Anthology by The Beatles
Best Books on Rock and Roll
884 books — 1,280 voters

The Breaks of the Game by David HalberstamLadies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning by Jonathan MahlerThe Blind Side by Michael   LewisFever Pitch by Nick HornbyMoneyball by Michael   Lewis
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters
The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenAtonement by Ian McEwanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters