The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
1,234 books — 1,718 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,918 books — 2,042 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryKatherine by Anya SetonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellForever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Best Books About Mistresses
447 books — 735 voters
Silent in the Grave by Deanna RaybournWhat Angels Fear by C.S. HarrisCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersAnd Only to Deceive by Tasha AlexanderThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Regency and Victorian Mysteries
676 books — 472 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOutlander by Diana GabaldonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Best Top Romance Novels of All Time
704 books — 1,407 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,802 books — 3,823 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Secret Magdalene by Ki LongfellowNefertiti by Michelle    MoranCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    Moran
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
435 books — 954 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
3,117 books — 3,069 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,446 books — 5,410 voters
The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingThe Stand by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram Stoker
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,387 books — 1,985 voters

The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe American Heiress by Daisy GoodwinThe Tea Rose by Jennifer DonnellyTo Marry an English Lord by Gail MacCollThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Gilded Age Literature
151 books — 78 voters


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