My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
the female rage
74 books — 22 voters
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaNormal People by Sally RooneyMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellRadio Silence by Alice Oseman
pov: u need a therapist
131 books — 144 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Maritime Classics
277 books — 97 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanBloody Jack by L.A. MeyerPirates! by Celia Rees
Pirates!
663 books — 785 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerAriadne by Jennifer SaintA Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesLore Olympus by Rachel  Smythe
Greek Mythology Retellings!
292 books — 502 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Persian Boy by Mary RenaultMaurice by E.M. ForsterAt Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'NeillThe Charioteer by Mary Renault
Best Gay Historical Fiction
395 books — 595 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerPompeii by Robert   HarrisThe Persian Boy by Mary RenaultThe King Must Die by Mary Renault
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
519 books — 434 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirWomen's Work by Elizabeth Wayland BarberCleopatra by Stacy SchiffSex with Kings by Eleanor HermanShe-Wolves by Helen Castor
Women's History Written by Women
980 books — 195 voters

If We Were Villains by M.L. RioThese Violent Delights by Micah NemereverThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeBabel by R.F. KuangThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Queer Dark Academia
60 books — 166 voters
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TolstoyWhite Nights by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Night is Darkening Round Me by Emily Brontë
Penguin Little Black Classics
127 books — 210 voters

Escape from the Antarctic by Ernest ShackletonThe Cobra's Heart by Ryszard KapuścińskiAcross the Empty Quarter by Wilfred ThesigerSnakes with Wings and Gold-digging Ants by HerodotusFrom The Meadows of Gold by al-Mas'udi
Penguin Great Journeys
20 books — 4 voters
Giovanni’s Room by James BaldwinFirst Love by Ivan TurgenevThe Kreutzer Sonata by Leo TolstoyBonjour Tristesse by Françoise SaganA Russian Affair by Anton Chekhov
Penguin Great Loves
20 books — 36 voters


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