Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksOutlander by Diana GabaldonAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,628 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,792 voters

The Midnight Library by Matt HaigRedhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,924 books — 5,464 voters
The Dovekeepers by Alice HoffmanThe Probable Future by Alice HoffmanThe Ice Queen by Alice HoffmanThe World That We Knew by Alice HoffmanMagic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Best Alice Hoffman Novel
39 books — 332 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldBel Canto by Ann PatchettAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,037 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books Ever
76,707 books — 285,122 voters