The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkTrainspotting by Irvine WelshOne Good Turn by Kate AtkinsonWhen Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
Books set in Edinburgh
135 books — 72 voters
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du MaurierRestoration by Rose TremainThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,364 books — 1,591 voters

Cradle to Cradle by William McDonoughUnbowed by Wangari MaathaiThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Power of Unreasonable People by John Elkington
Best Sustainability Nonfiction
401 books — 294 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,673 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniEmma by Jane Austen
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters
Unbowed by Wangari MaathaiI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Memoirs by Women
3,029 books — 3,040 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottMatilda by Roald DahlEmma by Jane AustenBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Female Lead Characters
4,842 books — 5,899 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,877 voters