Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneCold Mountain by Charles FrazierRoots by Alex HaleyThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,615 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,785 voters