The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Mystery
2,300 books — 4,835 voters
The Cat on the Dovrefell by Tomie dePaolaThe Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia PolaccoThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgNutcracker by E.T.A. HoffmannThe Story of Holly & Ivy by Rumer Godden
Favorite Christmas Books
1,524 books — 1,563 voters

By Myself by Lauren Bacall
Memoirs by Women
3,390 books — 3,622 voters
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingStardust by Neil Gaiman
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyAn Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May AlcottThe Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
Boston Books
337 books — 285 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Root Cellar by Janet LunnCharlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,182 books — 5,465 voters

Tender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlThe Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey SteingartenGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlHeat by Bill BufordJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,356 books — 1,692 voters