Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Literary Fiction, 700+ pages
106 books — 99 voters
The Robber Bride by Margaret AtwoodAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Canadian Fiction
1,042 books — 605 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Best Historical Fiction
7,471 books — 25,666 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,911 books — 121,222 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,996 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,336 books — 15,768 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,335 books — 69,122 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Books Ever
76,906 books — 286,101 voters