From Here to Timbuktu by Milton J. DavisMoses by Balogun OjetadeSteamfunk! by Milton J. DavisThe Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí ClarkThe SEA Is Ours by Nghi Vo
Multicultural Steampunk
65 books — 39 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBinti by Nnedi OkoraforDawn by Octavia E. ButlerLilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler
Black Speculative Fiction
352 books — 155 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 books — 430 voters
Prince of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceKing of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceHeavy Duty People by Iain ParkeEmperor of Thorns by Mark  LawrencePlague of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy
Best Books for Dark Happy Endings
121 books — 151 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistDracula by Bram StokerNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Not The "Normal" Paranormal
1,158 books — 1,308 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Best 1800s Historical Fiction
457 books — 283 voters

A Spy in the House by Y.S. LeeEtiquette & Espionage by Gail CarrigerThe Traitor in the Tunnel by Y.S. LeeThe Body at the Tower by Y.S. LeeA School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin
Spies and Agents
68 books — 53 voters
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersPossession by A.S. ByattThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaTipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Best neo-victorian novels
117 books — 206 voters

Talwar by Robert    CarterBhowani Junction by John MastersFlashman in the Great Game by George MacDonald FraserKim by Rudyard KiplingFlashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Great Game and India
22 books — 22 voters
A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyKim by Rudyard Kipling
Excellent Books about India and England
280 books — 268 voters


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