The Physician by Noah GordonThe Alienist by Caleb CarrOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia  Furstenberg
Best Historical Medical Fiction
161 books — 134 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAtonement by Ian McEwan
World War II Fiction
1,519 books — 2,321 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Diviners by Libba BrayCeremony of Innocence by Stephen W. AsherThe Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
Best 1920s Historical Fiction
217 books — 317 voters