In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerHelter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
True Crime
727 books — 617 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Andy Cohen Diaries by Andy Cohen
NY Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers 2015
146 books — 71 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Books Ever
76,525 books — 284,633 voters

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
Pacific Northwest Books
914 books — 610 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerI Know My First Name is Steven by Mike  Echols
Best True Crime
1,341 books — 1,910 voters

Unabrow by Una LaMarcheAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Bought (or Read) It For the Cover
260 books — 29 voters
Shirley by Susan Scarf Merrell
2014: What the Over 35's Are Reading
2,473 books — 519 voters

No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry HopkinsCash by Johnny CashJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,445 books — 1,344 voters
Bird by Bird by Anne LamottOn Writing by Stephen  King
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,235 books — 8,066 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtPeople Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd ParryUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
True Crime--Well Written
389 books — 392 voters
Seabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandWater for Elephants by Sara GruenEmpire Falls by Richard RussoThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,366 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen  King
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,702 voters

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth HoffmanThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan BradleyJust Kids by Patti SmithMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,471 voters
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Help by Kathryn StockettColumbine by Dave CullenCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,931 voters

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverA Time to Kill by John GrishamFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggCathedral by Raymond CarverThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,260 books — 2,432 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Young Adult Books
13,114 books — 80,184 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFerris Beach by Jill McCorkleThe Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Smart Summer Reads
12,828 books — 10,736 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerTruth & Beauty by Ann PatchettMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,847 books — 6,370 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Time to Kill by John GrishamAlong Came a Spider by James  PattersonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,617 voters

No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry HopkinsCash by Johnny CashRoom Full of Mirrors by Charles R. Cross
Best Books on Rock and Roll
891 books — 1,278 voters

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Historical Fiction 2013
397 books — 2,113 voters
Wild by Cheryl StrayedThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenBeautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Best Books of 2012
3,521 books — 9,199 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,828 books — 22,006 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Art of Fiction by John Gardner
Best Books on Creative Life
508 books — 621 voters


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