Rock 'n' Roll by Tom StoppardShining City by Conor McPhersonTopdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori ParksThe Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonaghKing Hedley II by August Wilson
Best Plays Since 1990
204 books — 151 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsOthello by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,132 voters

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Odessa File by Frederick ForsythOur Man in Havana by Graham GreeneThe Quiet American by Graham Greene
Best Spy Novels
1,396 books — 2,438 voters
The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellExcalibur by Bernard Cornwell
Best Historical Fiction
7,818 books — 26,126 voters

Men of Bronze by Scott OdenUnder the Eagle by Simon ScarrowStormbird by Conn IgguldenSharpe's Honour by Bernard CornwellTyrant by Christian Cameron
Best Historical Warfare
133 books — 95 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Godfather by Mario PuzoLast Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.
Tales of New York City
1,712 books — 1,282 voters

The Little Sister by Raymond ChandlerThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond ChandlerThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe High Window by Raymond Chandler
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
325 books — 292 voters
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,430 books — 16,267 voters

Ship of Rome by John StackThe Eagle's Conquest by Simon ScarrowUnder the Eagle by Simon ScarrowThe Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus
Best Books About Ancient Rome
746 books — 1,097 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Best Play Ever
520 books — 457 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,093 voters
It by Stephen  King
Titles of Only One Syllable
757 books — 137 voters

The Narrows by Michael    ConnellyThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond ChandlerThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,289 books — 2,492 voters
The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellAgincourt by Bernard CornwellThe Pale Horseman by Bernard CornwellLords of the North by Bernard CornwellSword Song by Bernard Cornwell
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,791 books — 3,759 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterMiles to Go by Miley CyrusIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,991 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Secret Agent by Joseph ConradOur Man in Havana by Graham GreeneThe Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
Espionage
1,007 books — 1,045 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,888 books — 49,806 voters
No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry HopkinsSlash by Slash
Best Books on Rock and Roll
898 books — 1,284 voters