Livia Lone by Barry Eisler
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The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
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Best Literary Mysteries
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Nautical Tales
746 books — 400 voters
Road to Reckoning by Robert LautnerHard Country by Michael McGarrityDestry Rides Again by Max BrandThe Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis TaylorLong Ride Home by W. Michael Gear
Best Western Historical Fiction
175 books — 96 voters

The Last Legion by Valerio Massimo ManfrediAugustus by John  WilliamsThe Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-LyttonDomina by Paul  DohertyThe Sword of Attila by Michael Curtis Ford
Best Books About Ancient Rome
739 books — 1,086 voters
The Four Feathers by A.E.W. MasonThe World Is Not Enough by Zoé Oldenbourg
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,285 books — 1,259 voters

Time and Again by Jack FinneyIf I Never Get Back by Darryl Brock
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
994 books — 4,128 voters

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Best Holocaust Novels
188 books — 262 voters

The Pearl Diver by Jeff TalarigoThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
Down by the Sea
742 books — 563 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane GreyThe Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg ClarkThe Way West by A.B. Guthrie Jr.Shane by Jack Schaefer
Best Westerns
1,382 books — 1,509 voters

The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-BartEvery Man Dies Alone by Hans FalladaShip of Fools by Katherine Anne PorterEscape from Sobibor by Richard Rashke
Well-Written Holocaust Books
893 books — 2,888 voters
Suspicious River by Laura Kasischke
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,913 voters

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Best YA Books Ever
549 books — 531 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
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