Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenChocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Best Food Fiction
59 books — 56 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelBabette’s Feast by Isak DinesenCinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli BrownChocolat by Joanne HarrisThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Foodie Historical Fiction
46 books — 35 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderEventide by Kent HarufGap Creek by Robert Morgan
Homesteader's Favorite Fiction
25 books — 10 voters
Nella Last's War by Nella LastPrivate Battles by Simon GarfieldWe Are At War by Simon GarfieldOur Hidden Lives by Simon GarfieldLove and War in London by Olivia Cockett
Mass Observation Diaries
13 books — 2 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimElizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Books Featuring Gardening
116 books — 46 voters
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth GoudgeThe Owl Service by Alan GarnerThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna ClarkeOver Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperLinnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge
Rural Fantasy
126 books — 42 voters

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererWicked Plants by Amy  StewartIn the Shadow of Slavery by Judith A. CarneyGinseng Dreams by Kristin JohannsenPapyrus by John Gaudet
Ethnobotany
51 books — 13 voters
Star of Wonder by Paige W. PendletonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderFarmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderGuess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Longing for the Country Life
184 books — 47 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,137 books — 1,016 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessBook of Shadows by Cate TiernanPractical Magic by Alice HoffmanWitch Child by Celia Rees
Wicca and other Pagan-based Fiction
539 books — 972 voters

Signs of Life by Stephen FabesCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. PhamFull Tilt by Dervla MurphyMiles from Nowhere by Barbara SavageMoods of Future Joys by Alastair Humphreys
Bike Travel
76 books — 61 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Help by Kathryn StockettSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Domestic novels
41 books — 16 voters


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