The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyLe Morte d'Arthur by Thomas MaloryThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain Poet
Best Arthurian Fiction
484 books — 1,464 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
876 books — 1,266 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Best Historical Fiction
8,395 books — 27,568 voters