Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,158 books — 2,514 voters

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinLittle, Big by John Crowley
Best Fantasy Books
1,688 books — 1,991 voters

Kokoro by Natsume SōsekiConfessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
Japanese Literature
310 books — 388 voters
Little, Big by John CrowleyShadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe
Highbrow Fantasy Books
420 books — 625 voters

Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerGrass by Sheri S. Tepper
Feminist Science Fiction Books
239 books — 411 voters
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,534 books — 24,905 voters

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Best Graphic Novels
3,454 books — 6,775 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,784 voters