Sarum by Edward RutherfurdThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyLondon by Edward RutherfurdThe Bruce Trilogy by Nigel TranterThe Seventh Son by Reay Tannahill
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,411 books — 1,692 voters
Cover Her Face by P.D. JamesThe Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha GrimesThe Crossing Places by Elly GriffithsA Man Lay Dead by Ngaio MarshAfter the Armistice Ball by Catriona McPherson
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,221 books — 2,591 voters

Sarum by Edward RutherfurdThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeShadow of the Moon by M.M. KayeThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelShōgun by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction
7,938 books — 26,456 voters
The Dead of Winter by Nicola UpsonA Divided Loyalty by Charles ToddThe Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys BowenThe Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie HannahThe Outcast Girls by Alys Clare
Historical Mystery 2020
143 books — 157 voters

The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen
Cozy Mysteries 2020 New Releases
217 books — 244 voters
Miss Austen by Gill HornbyWhen We Were Young & Brave by Hazel GaynorThe Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve  ChaseMiss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
Historical Fiction 2020
382 books — 534 voters

A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth  GeorgeThe Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha GrimesWhose Body? by Dorothy L. SayersCover Her Face by P.D. JamesThe Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,463 books — 16,260 voters
Shadow of the Moon by M.M. KayeThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterZemindar by Valerie FitzgeraldThe Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly
Tales of the Raj
110 books — 31 voters

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyIn the Woods by Tana FrenchBusman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,218 books — 1,262 voters