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
1,433 books — 1,662 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
1,237 books — 2,698 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
8,391 books — 27,556 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
144 books — 159 voters

The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen
Cozy Mysteries 2020 New Releases
216 books — 243 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
385 books — 540 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
7,594 books — 16,836 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 — 32 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 — 1,260 voters