Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittCosmos by Carl SaganGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,535 books — 8,276 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Nibelungenlied by UnknownIn a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. Haasse
Best Middle Ages Books
1,323 books — 1,934 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoPerfume by Patrick SüskindRoman Blood by Steven SaylorAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Historical Mystery
2,364 books — 5,187 voters
African Artists by Phaidon PressNa die geliefde land by Karel SchoemanMoffie by André Carl van der MerweDie Afrikaanse Poësie in 'n Duisend en Enkele Gedigte by Gerrit KomrijVerwoerdburg by Johann Rossouw
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,916 books — 1,815 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,123 books — 10,102 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,233 books — 9,181 voters

The Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisBonjour Tristesse by Françoise SaganThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Best Underrated/Overlooked Classics
186 books — 96 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesRoma by Steven SaylorRoman Blood by Steven SaylorArms of Nemesis by Steven SaylorThe Venus Throw by Steven Saylor
Best Books About Ancient Rome
761 books — 1,161 voters