The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Literary Mysteries
2,526 books — 4,521 voters

Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley ColeThe Man I Love by Suanne LaqueurA Torrid Tango by Jude JohnsonReasonable Doubt by Whitney G.Wait for You by J. Lynn
Dancers in Romance
323 books — 214 voters
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasCruel Beauty by Rosamund HodgeBeauty by Robin McKinleyUprooted by Naomi NovikBeastly by Alex Flinn
Best retellings of Beauty and the Beast
342 books — 1,121 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Last Names Derived from Professions
543 books — 28 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithJane Slayre by Sherri Browning ErwinMr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda GrangeSense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. WintersLittle Vampire Women by Lynn Messina
A Violation Of A Literary Classic
139 books — 74 voters

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyDog Days by Jeff KinneyRodrick Rules by Jeff KinneyThe Last Straw by Jeff KinneyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,051 books — 2,346 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
516 books — 357 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Cavalier by Israh Azizi
Fantasy Books with Maps
226 books — 88 voters