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
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,744 books — 6,938 voters

The Scourging Angel by Benedict GummerThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
Best Medieval History Books
837 books — 359 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkePerfume by Patrick Süskind
World Fantasy Award Winners
57 books — 277 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
944 books — 1,064 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 — 1,267 voters

Out of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,917 books — 1,816 voters
A Suitable Boy by Vikram SethThe Age of Kali by William Dalrymple
Books Set in India
502 books — 426 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
2,730 books — 5,275 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Books Ever
80,101 books — 298,500 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
220 books — 536 voters
The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingGhost Story by Peter StraubInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Horror Novels
2,139 books — 5,852 voters

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Series
3,853 books — 10,198 voters
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
The Worst Books of All Time
8,129 books — 19,914 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryKatherine by Anya Seton
Best Historical Fiction
8,398 books — 27,557 voters