Editors' Top Picks
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens1984 by George OrwellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
London Calling
25th out of 1,236 books — 646 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
64th out of 1,836 books — 2,231 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisLondon by Peter AckroydThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonSalonica, City of Ghosts by Mark MazowerLondon by Edward Rutherfurd
Histories of Cities
2nd out of 261 books — 106 voters
Invisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe Flaneur by Edmund WhiteLondon by Peter AckroydThe Old Ways by Robert MacfarlaneGuy Debord and the Situationist International by Tom McDonough
Psychogeography
3rd out of 210 books — 40 voters

The Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanPostwar by Tony JudtThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
European History
27th out of 788 books — 160 voters
The Histories by HerodotusA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
106th out of 737 books — 557 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
516th out of 2,691 books — 13,203 voters
The Pickwick Papers by Charles DickensLittle Dorrit by Charles DickensRumpole of the Bailey by John MortimerThe Water Room by Christopher FowlerLondon by Peter Ackroyd
The River Fleet
5th out of 34 books — 16 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Around the World in 100 Books
406th out of 1,324 books — 707 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Times Online 100 Best Books of the Decade (2000-2009)
59th out of 100 books — 265 voters

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffLondon by Edward RutherfurdOliver Twist by Charles DickensA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Books Based in London
33rd out of 360 books — 108 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingAngels & Demons by Dan BrownA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Books of 2000
109th out of 607 books — 318 voters

The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonPower And Prediction by Ajay Agrawal
Best Unappreciated Books
1058th out of 4,377 books — 2,213 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Wars of the Roses by Alison WeirThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
British History
188th out of 786 books — 203 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughNicholas And Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Histories by HerodotusBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
The Big Non-fiction
33rd out of 192 books — 87 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMan Alone by Jack RemickGhost Tamer by Meredith R. LyonsA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
City Life
43rd out of 319 books — 202 voters

Oliver Twist by Charles DickensBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Books Set in London
126th out of 789 books — 319 voters
Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellThe Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry ThomasLondon by Edward RutherfurdLondon Falling by Paul Cornell
London in the Title
93rd out of 462 books — 33 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
1634th out of 6,198 books — 6,945 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingEnglish Passengers by Matthew KnealeLondon by Peter AckroydIn the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz by Michela WrongA Life in the Twentieth Century by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
The Economist - Books of the Year 2000 (fiction and nonfiction)
3rd out of 40 books — 6 voters

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderCity of Quartz by Mike DavisTriumph of the City by Edward L. GlaeserThe High Cost of Free Parking by Donald C. Shoup
Urban Planning and City History
10th out of 75 books — 33 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonPostwar by Tony JudtUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Popular History Books on Goodreads
105th out of 299 books — 61 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl Strayed
Best Popular Travel Books on Goodreads
219th out of 316 books — 54 voters
Prisoners of Geography by Tim MarshallGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondLongitude by Dava SobelThe World Is Flat by Thomas L. FriedmanAtlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky
Best Popular Geography Books on Goodreads
23rd out of 137 books — 21 voters

Refuge by Terry Tempest WilliamsA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWalden, or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Biographies of Place
121st out of 280 books — 54 voters
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun BythellAgatha Christie by Agatha ChristieNecropolis by Catharine ArnoldThe Dawn of Evil by L.E. ParkerThe Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
UK
29th out of 69 books — 4 voters

El manifiesto comunista by Karl MarxIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingEl queso y los gusanos by Carlo Ginzburg
Los demasiados libros
195th out of 200 books — 5 voters
Goodbye, Tahrir Square by Zarmati ElioA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirSalt by Mark KurlanskyBlack Folk by Blair L.M. Kelley
Historical Nonfiction
221st out of 307 books — 100 voters

The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodStrength in What Remains by Tracy KidderThe Line of Beauty by Alan HollinghurstInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonNazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño
Village Voice 2000s
170th out of 197 books — 4 voters
Goodbye, Tahrir Square by Zarmati ElioFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. ElliottDECEIT v. DECEIT by Vernon BaumrindI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouNotorious RBG by Irin Carmon
Nonfiction Biographies Well Worth Reading
117th out of 170 books — 73 voters

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