The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Best Historical Mystery
2,071 books — 4,532 voters
Free Lunch by Rex OgleEveryone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin   StevensonStolen Focus by Johann HariThe Dead Romantics by Ashley PostonDark Matter by Blake Crouch
Five Star Beauties
158 books — 36 voters

Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1,451 books — 1,798 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,209 books — 25,727 voters

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Good Short Audiobooks
87 books — 5 voters
The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizziEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,163 books — 6,273 voters

Watchers by Dean Koontz
Best Dean Koontz Books
91 books — 902 voters

Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,307 books — 912 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrCloud Atlas by David  MitchellSarum by Edward RutherfurdThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettSwan Song by Robert McCammon
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodUnwind by Neal ShustermanBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,989 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Groundbreaking Books
93 books — 73 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroDark Matter by Blake CrouchA Scientific Romance by Ronald Wright1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,301 voters
The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret MahyBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.Sam and the Firefly by P.D. Eastman
Best Childhood Picture Books
847 books — 511 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters
The Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonCloud Atlas by David  MitchellThe Birth House by Ami McKay
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 728 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Light but not (too) dumb
845 books — 838 voters