The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,157 books — 27,061 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction
8,397 books — 27,573 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,538 books — 8,278 voters