The Plantagenets by Dan Jones
Best Middle Ages Books
1,233 books — 1,717 voters
The Doonesbury Chronicles by G.B. Trudeau
Comic Strip Collections
429 books — 41 voters

The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJaws by Peter Benchley
Thrillers
4,688 books — 5,779 voters
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboThe Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
Best War Novels
1,697 books — 1,445 voters

Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
Best Tom Clancy Books
19 books — 134 voters
The Making of a Chef by Michael RuhlmanKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,229 books — 1,636 voters

Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas KellerMy Paris Kitchen by David Lebovitz
Epicurious' Best Cookbooks of 2009
11 books — 4 voters
Where the Waters Divide by Karen BergerTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckVagabonding by Rolf PottsIn Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
Favorite Travel Books
2,031 books — 3,943 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,116 books — 11,944 voters
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-ReverteThe Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,971 voters

A Shadow Falls by Nick Brandt
Exceptional Photography Books*
564 books — 196 voters
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,336 books — 1,011 voters

The Toyota Way by Jeffrey K. Liker
#AgileIndia2012
10 books — 2 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

Antarctica by Kim Stanley RobinsonSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Oceans, Water, Ice
715 books — 171 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,338 books — 26,104 voters

A Shadow Falls by Nick BrandtOn This Earth by Nick Brandt
Best Conservation Photography Books
80 books — 10 voters
Within the Frame by David duChemin
Photographer's Education
99 books — 45 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
The Big Non-fiction
192 books — 87 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,715 books — 3,655 voters

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Patrick O'BrianHawaii by James A. Michener
Best Historical Fiction
7,591 books — 25,881 voters
Hard Drive by James WallaceSteve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonAccidental Empires by Robert X. CringelyWhere Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie HafneriWoz by Steve Wozniak
Silicon Valley History
237 books — 436 voters

Booked To Die by John DunningThe Bookman's Wake by John Dunning
Best Books About Loving Books
375 books — 516 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Real Man Books
778 books — 309 voters

The Proving Ground  by G. Bruce  Knecht
Sailing Cruising
281 books — 199 voters
The Fencing Master by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Best Historical Mystery
2,166 books — 4,679 voters