Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Art & Artists in Fiction
930 books — 1,105 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Art In Books
244 books — 138 voters

Matisse the Master by Hilary SpurlingRenoir, My Father by Jean RenoirLeonardo da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonVan Gogh by Steven NaifehNegative Space by Lilly Dancyger
Artist Biographies
213 books — 70 voters
Parisians by Graham RobbTwilight of the Belle Epoque by Mary McAuliffeThe Twilight Years by William WiserThe Greater Journey by David McCulloughSeven Ages of Paris by Alistair Horne
Paris as a City: non-fiction
43 books — 12 voters

Don't Kiss Me by Louise DownieTwilight of the Belle Epoque by Mary McAuliffeThe Tortured Life of Scofield Thayer by James DempseyAll the Roads Are Open by Annemarie SchwarzenbachThe Man Who Was Dorian Gray by Jerusha Hull McCormack
Strange Flowers
21 books — 4 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison WeirMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserCitizens by Simon SchamaThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
French History
289 books — 83 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Best Books of 2014 That Are NOT Erotica
523 books — 375 voters
The Wars of the Roses by Dan JonesIsabella by Kirstin DowneyEveryday Life in Medieval London by Toni MountNapoleon by Andrew RobertsBlood Royal by Eric Jager
History Books 2014
129 books — 141 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Diviners by Libba BrayThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Chaperone by Laura MoriartyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best 1920s Historical Fiction
197 books — 275 voters