The Crucible by Arthur MillerGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellIvanhoe by Walter  ScottMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianQuo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Best Historical Fiction
7,936 books — 26,384 voters
Collected Poems by Dylan ThomasThe Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley HopkinsA Child's Christmas in Wales & Five Poems by Dylan Thomas
Best Poetry Books
3,059 books — 2,608 voters

Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
The American Dream
46 books — 35 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.World War Z by Max Brooks
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,139 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisBlink by Malcolm GladwellNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,265 books — 8,161 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
78,420 books — 292,293 voters