A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersA Drink Before the War by Dennis LehaneDevil's Peak by Deon MeyerThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,214 books — 2,304 voters

The Arrival by Shaun TanTintin in the Land of the Soviets by HergéNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1 by Hayao MiyazakiThe Photographer by Emmanuel GuibertThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,768 voters
Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul by Amadou Hampâté BâGod's Bits of Wood by Ousmane SembèneAllah Is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters

Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul by Amadou Hampâté BâGod's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 266 voters
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,956 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,647 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,229 books — 25,819 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Arrival by Shaun TanShutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,186 books — 28,369 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters