King Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickPeter the Great by Robert K. MassieNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
Best History Books
3,662 books — 3,704 voters
The Stand by Stephen        KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceCarrie by Stephen        KingThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughRoots by Alex Haley
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,877 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerIt by Stephen        KingThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,430 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 21,843 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichColumbine by Dave Cullen
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,963 books — 1,973 voters