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
369 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
418 books — 974 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)
6,219 books — 8,049 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
415 books — 655 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
338 books — 851 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
418 books — 835 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
7,285 books — 25,483 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
7,639 books — 14,101 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
339 books — 877 voters