The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,490 books — 2,515 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniOdd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Best Books of 2003
666 books — 331 voters

Blackwood Farm by Anne RiceThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Best Books of 2002
687 books — 241 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Best Books of 2001
557 books — 284 voters

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen  KingDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch
Best Books of 1999
522 books — 262 voters
Holes by Louis SacharBag of Bones by Stephen  KingI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambVoyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson White
Best Books of 1998
496 books — 229 voters

Wizard and Glass by Stephen  KingViolin by Anne Rice
Best Books of 1997
541 books — 248 voters
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol OatesThe Green Mile by Stephen  KingThe Mouse on the Mile by Stephen  KingNight Journey by Stephen  KingThe Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix by Stephen  King
Best Books of 1996
460 books — 226 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryMemnoch the Devil by Anne RiceBlack Lightning by John SaulThe Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
Best Books of 1995
430 books — 193 voters
The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne RiceGerald's Game by Stephen  KingDolores Claiborne by Stephen  King
Best Books of 1992
508 books — 201 voters

Violin by Anne RiceThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceAudrey Rose by Frank De Felitta
Ghost Stories
1,514 books — 1,977 voters
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Best Retold Fairytales
262 books — 212 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Love Stories
5,233 books — 9,759 voters
The Stand by Stephen  King
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 775 voters

Merrick by Anne Rice
Best Books of 2000
611 books — 319 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeCane River by Lalita Tademy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters

The Stand by Stephen  KingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerIt by Stephen  King
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
6,500 books — 4,935 voters
Mayfair Witches Collection by Anne RiceThe Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingThe Stand by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  King
Best horror books
493 books — 362 voters

Men of the West by Diana Palmer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,112 books — 19,888 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Best Books Ever
78,126 books — 291,278 voters