The Master Key by Masako Togawa
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,253 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyDissolution by C.J. SansomRevelation by C.J. SansomThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Best Historical Mystery
2,273 books — 4,763 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Worst Books of All Time
8,112 books — 19,889 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
816 books — 1,074 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Magus by John FowlesNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
977 books — 614 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerCold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,819 voters
Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Books Set in Paris
310 books — 211 voters

Traitor's Purse by Margery AllinghamThe Case of William Smith by Patricia Wentworth
Amnesia and Memory Loss Fiction
441 books — 360 voters
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Favorite Medieval Mystery Writers
79 books — 143 voters

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy MitfordThe Willow Cabin by Pamela FrankauShe Came Back by Patricia Wentworth
World War II England
483 books — 226 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,609 books — 26,727 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieEvil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieThe Monkey's Raincoat by Robert CraisThe Danger by Dick Francis
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,440 books — 16,321 voters

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall SmithPara Handy and Other Tales by Neil Munro
Best Scottish Fiction
423 books — 286 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyDeath of a Ghost by Margery AllinghamThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Classic Mysteries (fiction)
236 books — 182 voters

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumCasino Royale by Ian FlemingThe Hours by Michael CunninghamMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,136 books — 10,101 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanPandaemonium by Christopher BrookmyreTransition by Iain M. Banks
Parallel Universes
305 books — 184 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,840 books — 4,979 voters

Transition by Iain M. Banks
Displaced To A Different Time Or World
854 books — 339 voters
Making History by Stephen Fry
Time Travel Tales
129 books — 64 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Young Adult Books
13,190 books — 80,405 voters
The Magus by John FowlesThe Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar WildeNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel JohnsonThe Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen
Best Philosophical Literature
1,200 books — 2,830 voters