Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Million Little Pieces by James FreyChinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,824 books — 6,352 voters
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed RubenfeldEmpress Orchid by Anchee MinMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Last Concubine by Lesley Downer
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Interpretation of Murder by Jed RubenfeldWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,926 books — 2,083 voters
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
704 books — 1,055 voters

Out by Natsuo KirinoReal World by Natsuo KirinoGrotesque by Natsuo KirinoAfter Dark by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,249 voters