The Alienist by Caleb CarrDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Best Historical Fiction
7,943 books — 26,471 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
7,221 books — 28,376 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
8,747 books — 25,698 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,835 voters

The Bible Code by Michael Drosnin
The Worst Books of All Time
8,121 books — 19,898 voters