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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Katie (16 Lists)



Like Lava in My Veins by Derrick Barnes
2024 Mock Caldecott List
126 books — 61 voters
A First Time for Everything by Dan SantatA Work in Progress by Jarrett LernerHands by Torrey Maldonado
2024 Mock Newbery List
133 books — 109 voters

Once Upon a River by Diane SetterfieldThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Historical Ghost Fiction
203 books — 351 voters
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver PötzschA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Wicca and other Pagan-based Fiction
544 books — 992 voters

Still Life by Louise PennyThe Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers
1,376 books — 928 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Best Historical Mystery
2,298 books — 4,828 voters

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
History through graphic novels
621 books — 498 voters
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie BerryThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
YA & Middle Grade Historical Mysteries
314 books — 148 voters

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Books Set in Venice
338 books — 282 voters
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Mock Newbery 2019
97 books — 201 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanInkheart by Cornelia FunkeInk and Bone by Rachel Caine
Magical Books, Libraries and Bookstores
171 books — 135 voters
The Paper Magician by Charlie N. HolmbergThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternMister Monday by Garth Nix
Best Steampunk Books
1,302 books — 4,142 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaNyctophobia by Christopher FowlerRebecca by Daphne du MaurierWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Modern Gothic
725 books — 1,382 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettInferno by Dante Alighieri
Best Middle Ages Books
1,315 books — 1,917 voters

Sorcery & Cecelia by Patricia C. WredeMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Unappreciated Books
4,382 books — 2,298 voters
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Stories For Book Lovers
8,509 books — 8,983 voters