The Astronomer by Lawrence GoldstoneThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerRoots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
7,487 books — 25,679 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,758 books — 3,792 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonTruman by David McCullough
Best American History Books
2,153 books — 2,512 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,947 books — 121,271 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books Ever
76,928 books — 286,248 voters
Truman by David McCullough
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Black History Month
553 books — 493 voters