Chronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLords of Chaos by Michael MoynihanPositively 4th Street by David Hajdu
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1,445 books — 1,346 voters
Mystic River by Dennis LehaneHis Name Was Death by Fredric Brown
Best Crime & Mystery Books
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslTree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonThe Keep by Jennifer EganHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
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2,731 books — 4,600 voters
City of Thieves by David BenioffThe Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder by Vincent BugliosiThe Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,778 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan EnglanderJimmy Corrigan by Chris WareThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,372 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Iron Man by Ted Hughes
Children's books I wish I read as a kid
500 books — 262 voters