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45 books — 45 voters
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Silhouette Covers
669 books — 196 voters

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Corsets on the Cover
26 books — 14 voters
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YA Gothic Retellings
88 books — 73 voters

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Books on the Eugenics Movement
61 books — 23 voters

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Historical Fiction 2015
386 books — 2,086 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Modern Gothic
708 books — 1,354 voters

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Oh, Royalty...
380 books — 134 voters
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Small, Offbeat Religion Memoirs
243 books — 273 voters