I, Claudius by Robert GravesPompeii by Robert   HarrisThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsFatherland by Robert   Harris
Best Historical Fiction
7,573 books — 25,847 voters
Ross Poldark by Winston GrahamDemelza by Winston GrahamJamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Books set in Cornwall
264 books — 95 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Science Fiction
3,737 books — 7,221 voters
Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh
Best Humorous Books
4,362 books — 7,975 voters

Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas
Life in the 17th Century
16 books — 9 voters