A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
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207 books — 188 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,996 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriGilead by Marilynne Robinson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,839 books — 22,300 voters
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleBrighton Rock by Graham GreeneBrat Farrar by Josephine Tey
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,414 books — 16,249 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleDrinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer
Collections of Short Stories
2,909 books — 2,054 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne Step Behind by Henning MankellThe Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
331 books — 688 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyThe Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I by Arthur Conan DoyleHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Male Characters
284 books — 149 voters