To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Great Debut Novels
1,607 books — 1,506 voters
Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresRagtime by E.L. DoctorowBurial Rites by Hannah KentMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Historical Fiction
8,333 books — 27,449 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingYol by Cormac McCarthySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,132 books — 27,046 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaLife of Pi by Yann MartelA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Indian Books - Fiction
1,143 books — 2,485 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieThe Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry BrooksThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,878 books — 27,078 voters
Kisses by Clockwork by Liz GrzybThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Warlord of the Air by Michael MoorcockDinotopia by James GurneySteampunk II by Ann VanderMeer
Best Steampunk Books
1,296 books — 4,174 voters