The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Mystery & Thriller 2021
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Ghost Stories
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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
Best True Crime
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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
430 books — 992 voters

Before the Fall by Noah HawleyThe Widow by Fiona BartonAll Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage
2016 Best Books
288 books — 410 voters
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. HarrisonThe Good Girl by Mary KubicaBlack-Eyed Susans by Julia HeaberlinWe Were Liars by E. LockhartThe Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
The Girl on the Train Read A Likes
189 books — 241 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Bookish Thrillers
134 books — 133 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
721 books — 1,372 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Literary Mysteries
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
WWII Historic Fiction
1,494 books — 1,578 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Recommended Historical Fiction
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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Best Gothic Books of All Time
634 books — 3,571 voters

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
15,435 books — 17,286 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,408 books — 17,524 voters


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