The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,754 books — 25,990 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction
7,422 books — 25,605 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,234 books — 8,064 voters