Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best True Crime
1,345 books — 1,914 voters
Kitchen by Banana YoshimotoA Pale View of Hills by Kazuo IshiguroSouth of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
Japanese Literature
310 books — 387 voters

Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangGirl in Translation by Jean KwokThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Asian-American Books
547 books — 329 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Historical Fiction
7,434 books — 25,622 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Shining by Stephen  KingHeart-Shaped Box by Joe HillThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Ghost Stories
1,475 books — 1,881 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,554 books — 2,721 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
2,286 books — 2,272 voters
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Novels Set in Germany
416 books — 199 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Quirky Southern Fiction
970 books — 1,907 voters
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
World War II Literature
280 books — 187 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Books I Will Never Forget
10,811 books — 7,782 voters
My Dad, John Mccain by Meghan McCainLigo Na U, Lapit Na Me by Eros S. AtaliaManuale del guerriero della luce by Paulo CoelhoHooking Up With Tila Tequila by Tila TequilaHow to Be Famous by Heidi Montag
Who Let These People Write a Book?
737 books — 973 voters

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Best of Tolstoy
31 books — 445 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
530 books — 1,887 voters