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Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneKatherine by Anya SetonThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Best Historical Fiction
8,033 books — 26,701 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Three Pillars of Zen by Philip KapleauWhy Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright
A Buddhist Reading List
928 books — 1,217 voters

Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 by Bisco HatoriKitchen Princess, Vol. 01 by Natsumi AndōLet's Dance a Waltz, Vol. 1 by Natsumi AndōHigh School Debut, Vol. 1 by Kazune KawaharaUltra Maniac, Vol. 01 by Wataru Yoshizumi
Adorable/Cute Manga
126 books — 37 voters
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie SuBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingGeorgiana Darcy's Diary by Anna ElliottUnmarriageable by Soniah KamalThe Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
Best Pride and Prejudice Sequels/Variations/Adaptations
505 books — 980 voters

The Blue Castle by L.M. MontgomeryThe Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Novels for grown-ups by authors better known for their children's books
55 books — 14 voters
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithDiary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. DelafieldCold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsMiss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
A Middlebrow Syllabus
100 books — 78 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
784 books — 1,133 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Books Ever
78,959 books — 294,047 voters

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweThe Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr.
The Most Influential Books
1,497 books — 5,309 voters