The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
2014 Tournament of Books Finalists
17 books — 130 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWatership Down by Richard  AdamsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollLittle, Big by John CrowleyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Highbrow Fantasy Books
419 books — 624 voters

Little, Big by John CrowleyThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David WroblewskiThe Small Rain by Madeleine L'EngleDarwin's Children by Greg Bear36 Arguments for the Existence of God by Rebecca Goldstein
Best Books Read in 2010
151 books — 27 voters
The Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,675 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
Endicott's Fairy Tales List
72 books — 64 voters
Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergOn Writing by Stephen  KingMaking a Literary Life by Carolyn See
Best Books on Creative Life
508 books — 621 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazChild 44 by Tom Rob SmithDarwin's Radio by Greg BearDesert by J.M.G. Le ClézioThe Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Top Favorite Books Read in 2009
25 books — 5 voters
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Magicians by Lev GrossmanThe Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,934 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAtonement by Ian McEwanMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,780 books — 16,489 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Superhero Fiction
842 books — 1,228 voters