The Door by Magda SzabóThe Invisible Bridge by Julie OrringerEmbers by Sándor Márai
Books Set in Hungary
109 books — 72 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters

The Thief Lord by Cornelia FunkeThe City of Falling Angels by John BerendtDeath at La Fenice by Donna LeonMiss Garnet's Angel by Salley VickersThe Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Books Set in Venice
310 books — 272 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy TanThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Good Women of China by Xinran
Best Books About China
744 books — 585 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Books About Paris
712 books — 570 voters

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,032 books — 2,011 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Stories For Book Lovers
8,343 books — 8,382 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
817 books — 1,691 voters
Chocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Chocolate Covered Fiction
227 books — 98 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelChocolat by Joanne HarrisCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Sweet Reads
87 books — 47 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Food Reads
294 books — 81 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelChocolat by Joanne Harris
Culinary Fiction
166 books — 112 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezChocolat by Joanne HarrisThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,518 voters

The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Can't Wait Books For 2011
1,240 books — 6,629 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,707 books — 11,303 voters

The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieThe Hundred Secret Senses by Amy TanThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy TanThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithGreat Expectations by Charles DickensBel Canto by Ann Patchett
Best Beginning of a Novel
148 books — 170 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Books Ever
76,130 books — 283,080 voters