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Dreamland by Nancy BilyeauCode Name Hélène by Ariel LawhonThe Mirror & the Light by Hilary MantelCartier's Hope by M.J. RoseAnd They Called It Camelot by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Historical Fiction 2020
370 books — 522 voters
The Great Alone by Kristin HannahMy Dear Hamilton by Stephanie DrayThe Romanov Empress by C.W. GortnerThe Blue by Nancy BilyeauCirce by Madeline Miller
Historical Fiction 2018
424 books — 983 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisConspiracy in the Streets by Jon WienerEmpire of Mud by Jeff D. DickeyDamnation Island by Stacy HornBeacon Hill, Back Bay and the Building of Boston's Golden Age by Ted Clarke
Histories of United States Cities II (nonfiction list)
178 books — 17 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,074 books — 6,745 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,263 books — 8,068 voters
The Huntress by Kate QuinnThe Island of Sea Women by Lisa SeeThe Lost Girls of Paris by Pam JenoffLost Roses by Martha Hall KellyAmerican Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Historical Fiction 2019
416 books — 656 voters

The Alice Network by Kate QuinnThe Orphan's Tale by Pam JenoffBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateThe Women in the Castle by Jessica ShattuckWe Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
Historical Fiction 2017
343 books — 858 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Lost Symbol by Dan BrownTimeline by Michael CrichtonInferno by Dan Brown
Treasure Hunter Thrillers
439 books — 855 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,684 books — 25,955 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,717 books — 14,281 voters

America's First Daughter by Stephanie DrayThe Secret Language of Stones by M.J. RoseThe Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie BenjaminThe Vatican Princess by C.W. GortnerLilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Historical Fiction 2016
343 books — 884 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,840 books — 2,228 voters