The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Mystery
2,230 books — 4,722 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
1,516 books — 1,557 voters

By Myself by Lauren Bacall
Memoirs by Women
3,196 books — 3,155 voters
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingStardust by Neil Gaiman
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,135 books — 10,099 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
332 books — 279 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Root Cellar by Janet LunnCharlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,131 books — 5,390 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
1,241 books — 1,647 voters