I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Princess Diaries by Meg CabotThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
Best Diary Novels
174 books — 278 voters

The Midwife by Jennifer WorthBaby Catcher by Peggy VincentMidwives by Chris BohjalianSpiritual Midwifery by Ina May GaskinHeart and Hands by Elizabeth  Davis
Midwifery books
116 books — 71 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
8,328 books — 27,437 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionBig Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Best Beach Reads 2015
1,736 books — 2,262 voters