Bedelia by Vera Caspary
The Vilest Woman in Fiction
117 books — 93 voters
The Citadel by A.J. CroninThe Rust of Rome by Warwick DeepingLong Summer Day by R.F. DelderfieldNo Hero This by Warwick DeepingFar Forest by Francis Brett Young
Your Top 5 Reads in 2015
1,518 books — 875 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Books Set on Islands
1,052 books — 348 voters
The Splendid Outcast by George Fort GibbsThe Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony HopeThe Man Who Lost Himself by Henry de Vere StacpooleThe Masquerader by Katherine Cecil ThurstonThe Ivy Tree by Mary  Stewart
Twins and Doppelgangers
160 books — 101 voters

Stormswift by Madeleine BrentThe Long Masquerade by Madeleine BrentMoonraker's Bride by Madeleine BrentSergeant Joe by Mary Jane StaplesThe Hostage by Robert Tyler Stevens
Clean Romantic Adventure
524 books — 82 voters
Of Love and War by Paul  DohertyThe Hostage by Robert Tyler StevensThe Longest Winter by Daphne WrightTo Serve Them All My Days by R.F. DelderfieldThe Summer of the Barshinskeys by Diane Pearson
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
541 books — 389 voters

The Woman in Berlin by Robert Tyler StevensForget the Glory by Emma DrummondCount Vronsky's Daughter by Carola SalisburyShadows in the Afternoon by Robert Tyler StevensRetreat from Moscow by Delderfield
Historical Fiction: Russia
307 books — 476 voters

The Sword and the Shadow by Sylvia ThorpeThe Golden Panther by Sylvia ThorpeKidnapped & Catriona by Robert Louis StevensonMr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick MarryatMoonfleet by John Meade Falkner
Forgotten Swashbucklers
98 books — 36 voters
Gormenghast by Mervyn PeakeThe Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra DallasMrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,276 books — 1,255 voters

A Tailor-Made Bride by Karen WitemeyerCandle in the Darkness by Lynn AustinTo Win Her Heart by Karen WitemeyerFrom a Distance by Tamera AlexanderFire by Night by Lynn Austin
Best Christian Historical Fiction
1,602 books — 1,664 voters