The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Mystery
2,319 books — 4,992 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
1,535 books — 1,598 voters

By Myself by Lauren Bacall
Memoirs by Women
3,444 books — 3,874 voters
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingStardust by Neil Gaiman
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,122 books — 10,103 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
339 books — 288 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Root Cellar by Janet LunnCharlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,217 books — 5,515 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
1,384 books — 1,749 voters