The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckIberia by James A. MichenerPalace Walk by Naguib MahfouzThe Girl from the Golden Horn by Kurban Said
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian FlemingHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
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5,276 books — 6,638 voters

Roses for English Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll
Gardening Books
369 books — 156 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,373 books — 5,997 voters

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Norse Mythology
289 books — 403 voters
Physics and Philosophy by Werner Heisenberg
Best Philosophical Literature
1,145 books — 2,747 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,061 voters
Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. HeinleinCitizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
Your Favorite Heinlein Novel
43 books — 309 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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1,687 books — 2,162 voters
Hawaii by James A. MichenerThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
Best Historical Fiction
7,248 books — 25,371 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,104 books — 25,561 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,251 books — 24,494 voters