Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,006 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseRubicon by Tom Holland
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,414 books — 8,210 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsThe Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,217 books — 5,516 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond ChandlerThe High Window by Raymond ChandlerThe Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
785 books — 1,025 voters