The Code of the Woosters by P.G. WodehouseThe Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav HašekKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeBatman by Frank Miller
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The Iliad / The Odyssey by Homer
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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best Historical Fiction
7,443 books — 25,638 voters

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The Best Cold War Novels
43 books — 44 voters

The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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Death's Men by Denis Winter
British Military History
149 books — 19 voters
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Ancient Warfare
48 books — 14 voters

Death's Men by Denis Winter
Military History of the First World War
305 books — 119 voters
Dispatches by Michael HerrA Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
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217 books — 128 voters

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanStorm of Steel by Ernst JüngerDispatches by Michael HerrAmong the Thugs by Bill Buford
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters
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Best Non-fiction War Books
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Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanBatman by Frank MillerY by Brian K. VaughanFables, Vol. 1 by Bill Willingham
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,770 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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