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Rebellion by Peter AckroydKillers of the King by Charles Spencer
Best House of Stuart Biographies and Histories
156 books — 26 voters
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
953 books — 1,232 voters

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Who Should Win the 2013 Walter Scott Prize?
6 books — 26 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert Camus
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,319 books — 5,926 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
3,989 books — 4,409 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
7,985 books — 26,558 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,709 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,957 books — 1,890 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)
6,271 books — 8,166 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,479 books — 16,293 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
1,929 books — 3,628 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
7,263 books — 28,373 voters
Dune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,761 books — 25,709 voters