Tipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersThe Price of Salt by Claire  Morgan
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,028 books — 2,638 voters
Geek Love by Katherine DunnThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,576 books — 16,172 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingUntil I Find You by John IrvingLast Night in Twisted River by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 342 voters
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersFingersmith by Sarah WatersOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonWritten on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
Best Gay Fiction
2,642 books — 3,834 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonGirl With Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace
Writers who committed suicide
456 books — 285 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,355 books — 119,226 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,711 books — 25,908 voters