Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,174 books — 2,715 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
3,075 books — 4,516 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Tales of Ian and Bry-Ankh The Great Silver Dragon by Jim DilyardLegend by Marie LuBinti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Diversity in Fantasy and Science Fiction
1,186 books — 918 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
1,505 books — 604 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonDevil in Winter by Lisa KleypasGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Duke and I by Julia QuinnA Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,502 books — 6,176 voters
Trickery by Jaymin EveFour Psychos by Kristy CunningTrying to Live With the Dead by B.L. BrunnemerGypsy Blood by Kristy CunningThe Vixen's Lead by Tate James
Reverse Harem - Standalones and 1st in series
1,419 books — 1,552 voters