A Darkness More Than Night by Michael    Connelly
Best Noir of the 21st Century
238 books — 375 voters
Three Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,793 books — 6,329 voters

Boyd by Robert Coram
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,113 books — 2,346 voters
The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro
Best American History Books
2,111 books — 2,479 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,254 voters
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,396 books — 119,655 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Female Lead Characters
4,846 books — 5,871 voters
Longitude by Dava SobelThe Lost by Daniel MendelsohnDemocracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters

Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale
Best of Joe R. Lansdale
49 books — 68 voters
Echo Park by Michael    ConnellyKnots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,076 books — 821 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Narrows by Michael    ConnellyThe Brass Verdict by Michael    ConnellyThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
Detective Fiction
1,184 books — 1,080 voters
Resurrection Men by Ian RankinThe Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee BurkeThe Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,201 books — 2,282 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Reading for the Contemporary Writer
126 books — 224 voters
Q & A by Vikas SwarupThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best South Asian Fiction
732 books — 1,891 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Literary Mysteries
2,545 books — 4,583 voters
Angels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,694 voters

Ulysses by James Joyce
Best Books Ever
75,782 books — 281,663 voters