The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioNinth House by Leigh BardugoBabel by R.F. KuangThe Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Dark Academia
366 books — 1,498 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRules of Civility by Amor TowlesMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best 1930s Historical Fiction
125 books — 218 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett11/22/63 by Stephen  KingThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeWild World by Peter S. RushGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
Best Novels about the 1960s (fiction)
193 books — 240 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Diviners by Libba BrayThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Chaperone by Laura MoriartyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best 1920s Historical Fiction
197 books — 274 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
WWII Historic Fiction
1,460 books — 1,539 voters