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
3,698 books — 3,731 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 — 1,880 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
2,257 books — 2,434 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
9,835 books — 21,937 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichColumbine by Dave Cullen
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,038 books — 2,028 voters