The Pagan Lord by Bernard CornwellTiger Shrimp Tango by Tim DorseyThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertAn Officer and a Spy by Robert   HarrisSaints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin
2014 Reads You Don't Want To Miss
950 books — 1,225 voters

River of Darkness by Buddy Levy1491 by Charles C. Mann1493 by Charles C. MannUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best History Books
3,920 books — 4,021 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
7,855 books — 26,165 voters

Shōgun by James ClavellBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,957 books — 1,886 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. MannNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,267 books — 8,083 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,440 books — 16,319 voters

Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality by John GribbinCosmos by Carl SaganA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,927 books — 3,623 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondCosmos by Carl SaganA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
Best General Science Books
590 books — 496 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyCollapse by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. MannThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters
Dune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,703 books — 25,614 voters