Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best True Crime
1,464 books — 2,092 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 — 388 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
546 books — 330 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Historical Fiction
7,939 books — 26,419 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
1,518 books — 1,978 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
2,670 books — 3,061 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
2,324 books — 2,449 voters
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Novels Set in Germany
422 books — 200 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Quirky Southern Fiction
981 books — 1,930 voters
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
World War II Literature
285 books — 188 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
11,339 books — 8,378 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 — 970 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)
537 books — 1,907 voters