The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Mystery & Thriller 2021
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You by Caroline KepnesGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteColumbine by Dave Cullen
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I Was Anastasia by Ariel LawhonThe Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin HarmelThe Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin
Historical Fiction 2018
419 books — 975 voters

Before the Fall by Noah HawleyThe Widow by Fiona BartonAll Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage
2016 Best Books
287 books — 410 voters
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The Girl on the Train Read A Likes
180 books — 233 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Bookish Thrillers
112 books — 126 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Smart Summer Reads
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The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Distant Hours by Kate MortonThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Modern Gothic
710 books — 1,355 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Literary Mysteries
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
WWII Historic Fiction
1,404 books — 1,526 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Best Gothic Books of All Time
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The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Must Read Classics
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The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
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The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Couldn't Put The Book Down
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