The Crucible by Arthur MillerGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellIvanhoe by Walter ScottMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianQuo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Best Historical Fiction
7,248 books — 25,371 voters
Collected Poems by Dylan ThomasThe Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley HopkinsA Child's Christmas in Wales & Five Poems by Dylan Thomas
Best Poetry Books
2,959 books — 2,409 voters

Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
The American Dream
44 books — 33 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.World War Z by Max Brooks
Cult Classics
1,566 books — 2,145 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisBlink by Malcolm GladwellNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,061 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
74,783 books — 277,538 voters