The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Audiobooks
1,565 books — 1,111 voters
Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Best Multiple Independent Timelines
108 books — 28 voters

The Rose of Tibet by Lionel DavidsonCressida's Bed by Desmond BarryThe American Mission by Matthew  PalmerThe Beach by Alex Garland
Westerners In Foreign Lands
5 books — 2 voters
Cold Skin by Albert Sánchez Piñol
Best Horror Novels
1,987 books — 5,447 voters

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonStone's Fall by Iain PearsAtonement by Ian McEwanGhost Story by Peter Straub
Best Past-Present Books
378 books — 548 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters

Watership Down by Richard  AdamsShōgun by James ClavellTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Dead Zone by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeaglePapillon by Henri Charrière
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters