The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,983 books — 26,572 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction
7,857 books — 26,169 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,267 books — 8,083 voters