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
136 books — 514 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
338 books — 282 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
1,878 books — 7,008 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
759 books — 593 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Books About Paris
724 books — 585 voters

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,012 books — 2,009 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
8,526 books — 9,066 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
902 books — 1,890 voters
Chocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Chocolate Covered Fiction
229 books — 99 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
295 books — 82 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelChocolat by Joanne Harris
Culinary Fiction
165 books — 115 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
1,384 books — 4,697 voters

The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Can't Wait Books For 2011
1,227 books — 6,623 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
14,432 books — 12,338 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
437 books — 1,111 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
79,748 books — 297,124 voters