Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanHamlet by William ShakespeareDune by Frank HerbertThe Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny
Fencing fiction
156 books — 222 voters