The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Belle Époque
383 books — 152 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAgainst Nature by Joris-Karl HuysmansLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Decadence & the Fin-de-Siècle
240 books — 201 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir1453 by Roger Crowley
Best Medieval History Books
817 books — 329 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternCirce by Madeline MillerThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
[ATY 2021] - Magic!
315 books — 88 voters
The Histories by HerodotusA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
732 books — 536 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
451 books — 768 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,574 voters

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyChocolat by Joanne HarrisSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayHunting and Gathering by Anna GavaldaA Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot
France in Contemporary Fiction
258 books — 181 voters


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