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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonBorkmann's Point by Håkan NesserEchoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin
Murder Most Cold
267 books — 418 voters
Winter Garden by Kristin HannahGame Change by John HeilemannThe Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison AllenGirl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Best Books of 2010
1,577 books — 2,471 voters

The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,873 books — 2,254 voters
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Thrillers
4,910 books — 6,368 voters

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
World's Greatest Novellas
733 books — 1,470 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Well-Written Holocaust Books
918 books — 2,975 voters

Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Great Books List of Kristi and Maggie the cat
90 books — 12 voters
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryStones from the River by Ursula HegiThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
My absolute favourite contemporary books
110 books — 67 voters

A Thief of Time by Tony HillermanTalking God by Tony HillermanSkinwalkers by Tony HillermanCoyote Waits by Tony HillermanListening Woman by Tony Hillerman
Native American Detectives (fiction)
153 books — 111 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierAmmie, Come Home by Barbara MichaelsThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersAll Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Best Gothic Novels/Suspense Novels
444 books — 490 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSophie’s Choice by William Styron
My Country, the Enemy
395 books — 342 voters
House Rules by Jodi PicoultThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe God of the Hive by Laurie R. King
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,124 voters

Dianetics by L. Ron HubbardDianetics an Education in Yourself by L. Ron HubbardDianetics by L. Ron HubbardChild Dianetics by L. Ron HubbardDianetics Today by L. Ron Hubbard
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeWit by Margaret EdsonHamlet by William ShakespeareMillennium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Best Play Ever
522 books — 457 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
707 books — 599 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Alienist by Caleb CarrAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. JamesA Place of Execution by Val McDermidThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Best Literary Mysteries
2,657 books — 4,920 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Books about Books
1,393 books — 1,521 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read
1,374 books — 1,496 voters

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonOut Stealing Horses by Per PettersonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonOut of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,223 books — 1,248 voters
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Reading for the Contemporary Writer
132 books — 235 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Novels in Female Perspective
651 books — 432 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWater for Elephants by Sara GruenDispatches by Michael Herr
Unforgettables
12,236 books — 8,043 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
THE ULTIMATE SUMMER '09 READING LIST
102 books — 89 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
104 books — 257 voters

Night by Elie WieselTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Twists
8,632 books — 9,707 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
995 books — 802 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Winds of War by Herman Wouk
World War II Fiction
1,458 books — 2,165 voters

Dispatches by Michael HerrBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanA Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanGhost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,215 books — 2,599 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne PerryA Test of Wills by Charles Todd
Best Historical Mystery
2,286 books — 4,792 voters


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