The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
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768 books — 1,294 voters
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1,008 books — 986 voters

Generation Kill by Evan WrightBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonOn Killing by Dave Grossman
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,141 books — 2,394 voters
The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,031 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughPope Joan by Donna Woolfolk CrossMara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,613 voters
Pompeii by Robert   HarrisRoman Blood by Steven SaylorCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearPardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
Best Historical Mystery
2,083 books — 4,544 voters