My Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteAn Officer and a Spy by Robert   HarrisThe Girl You Left Behind by Jojo MoyesOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineNew York by Edward Rutherfurd
Best Historical Fiction
7,442 books — 25,637 voters
Redeeming Love by Francine  Rivers
Christian Novels for teen to adult women
266 books — 132 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnEleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
What we've read so far in...2015
9,720 books — 2,077 voters
New York by Edward RutherfurdThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Tales of New York City
1,519 books — 1,226 voters

Music of the Heart by Katie Ashley
Best Books Published in 2013
3,587 books — 7,161 voters
Asterix the Gaul by René GoscinnyParoles by Jacques Prévert
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
102 books — 483 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Help by Kathryn StockettOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,081 books — 5,749 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best for Book Clubs
14,907 books — 18,782 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsThe Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate JacobsThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanAngry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
702 books — 1,189 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanMy Life in France by Julia ChildThe Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,227 books — 1,635 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,371 voters
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters