The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,852 books — 26,115 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction
7,564 books — 25,784 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,237 books — 8,068 voters