Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Classic Film Adaptations: The 1960s
174 books — 39 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Rose Garden by Susanna KearsleyThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternRebecca by Daphne du MaurierWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Modern Gothic
719 books — 1,375 voters
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth HandHarvest Home by Thomas TryonThe Great God Pan by Arthur MachenThe Dark is Rising by Susan CooperThe Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Folk Horror
334 books — 159 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonEthan Frome by Edith Wharton
Best Books by American Women
560 books — 182 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesHome Before Dark by Riley Sager
Best Dark Fiction of 2020
167 books — 354 voters

Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser
Best Books About Tudor England
614 books — 1,635 voters
The Shining by Stephen  KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHeart-Shaped Box by Joe  HillThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Ghost Stories
1,478 books — 1,883 voters

The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory
ABOMINATIONS OF HISTORICAL FICTION!
62 books — 10 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierEmma by Jane Austen
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
342 books — 48 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Literary Historical Fiction
711 books — 248 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell HochschildHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceWhite Trash by Nancy IsenbergThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Books for Post-Election Understanding
198 books — 140 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth PetersAmbition and Desire by Kate WilliamsThe Tudor Wife by Emily Purdy
LOST IN TIME
24 books — 8 voters

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Twins and Doppelgangers
161 books — 102 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Classics That You Couldn't Finish
51 books — 41 voters