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
2,311 books — 2,550 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
3,475 books — 6,782 voters
Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul by Amadou Hampâté BâGod's Bits of Wood by Ousmane SembèneAllah Is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma
African Fiction
604 books — 433 voters

Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul by Amadou Hampâté BâGod's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène
Fictitious Africa
558 books — 281 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!
3,367 books — 8,000 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,468 books — 16,262 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,691 books — 26,736 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
7,221 books — 28,375 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,837 voters