The Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. RoseA Desperate Fortune by Susanna KearsleyMademoiselle Chanel by C.W. GortnerThe Last Queen of India by Michelle    Moran
Historical Fiction 2015
399 books — 2,100 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,166 books — 4,679 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Smart Summer Reads
13,096 books — 11,019 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Quirky Southern Fiction
973 books — 1,897 voters

Only the Animals by Ceridwen DoveyThe Eye of the Sheep by Sofie LagunaThe Golden Age by Joan LondonForeign Soil by Maxine Beneba ClarkeThe Strays by Emily Bitto
Stella Prize 2015
12 books — 20 voters
The Dry by Jane HarperThe Girl Before by J.P. DelaneyLillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen RooneyEverything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
January 2017 Buzz Books
40 books — 65 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Most Poetic Book Titles
1,996 books — 893 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleDivergent by Veronica Roth
What Women Born in the 80s Read in 2014
978 books — 189 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy WeirAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
2015: What the Over 35's Are Reading
2,556 books — 313 voters