The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoPerfume by Patrick SüskindFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-ReverteA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Best Historical Mystery
2,092 books — 4,553 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,700 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,856 books — 121,130 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Snowman by Jo NesbøThe Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
320 books — 681 voters