Night by Elie WieselReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,261 books — 8,077 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeWorld Without End by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
7,816 books — 26,066 voters