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The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Circus/Carnival Books
719 books — 1,092 voters
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Best Gothic Books of All Time
646 books — 3,641 voters

Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
339 books — 697 voters
The Fourth Hand by John Irving
Best of John Irving
29 books — 349 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Cruelest Month by Louise PennyLast Rituals by Yrsa SigurdardottirMy Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Best "World" Mysteries, Thrillers, Detectives, and Suspense...
1,219 books — 1,003 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueThe Book of Human Skin by Michelle Lovric
Not the Booker Prize 2010
86 books — 179 voters

The Wine of Angels by Phil RickmanA Darker Domain by Val McDermid
Fearless Females
781 books — 932 voters
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Stories Where Tarot Reading Plays A Role
155 books — 127 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Serpent's Tale by Ariana FranklinGrave Goods by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,299 books — 4,830 voters
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan BradleyThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Books I Read in 2012
461 books — 51 voters

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2012
151 books — 268 voters
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,536 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Top Five-Star Reads of 2011
415 books — 671 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWater for Elephants by Sara GruenLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
540 books — 1,912 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisMatilda by Roald DahlCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite books from my childhood
4,515 books — 7,702 voters
The Book of Human Skin by Michelle LovricThe Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,620 books — 70,140 voters

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
12 books — 176 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
FIVE HIGH 2011 - your top five reads of the year
137 books — 122 voters