A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyOn a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,691 books — 26,747 voters
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinFaith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind
Military Fantasy
306 books — 577 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonCover Her Face by P.D. JamesThe Green Mile by Stephen  KingThe Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,470 books — 16,266 voters
Hild by Nicola GriffithSeven for a Secret by Lyndsay FayeThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Historical Fiction 2013
418 books — 2,165 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,212 books — 2,830 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas CahillThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyA World Lit Only by Fire by William ManchesterHild by Nicola Griffith
Best Middle Ages Books
1,307 books — 1,906 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanOutlander by Diana GabaldonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Romance Books Everyone Should Read
3,321 books — 3,124 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Fourth Bear by Jasper FfordeLamb by Christopher MooreExplosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,442 books — 2,395 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Books Ever
78,500 books — 292,610 voters

Murder with Peacocks by Donna AndrewsThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,222 books — 2,594 voters
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,263 books — 28,375 voters

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best for Book Clubs
15,351 books — 19,662 voters