The Way We Live Now by Anthony TrollopeAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyBleak House by Charles DickensWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
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1,739 books — 6,913 voters

The Scourging Angel by Benedict GummerThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
Best Medieval History Books
833 books — 462 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkePerfume by Patrick Süskind
World Fantasy Award Winners
57 books — 275 voters

North and South by John JakesLove and War by John JakesThe Forsyte Saga by John GalsworthyThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Family Saga Novels
910 books — 921 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellScoop by Evelyn WaughVile Bodies by Evelyn WaughBrighton Rock by Graham Greene
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
876 books — 1,261 voters

Out of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,893 books — 1,775 voters
A Suitable Boy by Vikram SethThe Age of Kali by William Dalrymple
Books Set in India
498 books — 424 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Literary Mysteries
2,693 books — 5,100 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Books Ever
78,993 books — 294,347 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsBleak House by Charles DickensVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Victorian Novels
215 books — 534 voters
The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingGhost Story by Peter StraubInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Horror Novels
2,133 books — 5,532 voters

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Series
3,695 books — 9,910 voters
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,897 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryKatherine by Anya Seton
Best Historical Fiction
8,044 books — 26,725 voters