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
1,605 books — 1,496 voters
Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresRagtime by E.L. DoctorowBurial Rites by Hannah KentMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Historical Fiction
8,053 books — 26,726 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Road 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
4,069 books — 26,846 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaLife of Pi by Yann MartelA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Indian Books - Fiction
1,131 books — 2,466 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)
4,744 books — 26,982 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
1,276 books — 4,143 voters