The Alienist by Caleb CarrDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Best Historical Fiction
7,435 books — 25,623 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,186 books — 28,369 voters

West of Eden by Harry HarrisonA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,468 books — 24,743 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters

The Bible Code by Michael Drosnin
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,876 voters