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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
208 books — 339 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
547 books — 997 voters

Still Life by Louise PennyThe Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers
1,387 books — 1,121 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
2,336 books — 5,054 voters

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
History through graphic novels
624 books — 507 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
313 books — 138 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 — 133 voters
The Paper Magician by Charlie N. HolmbergThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternMister Monday by Garth Nix
Best Steampunk Books
1,294 books — 4,172 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
730 books — 1,391 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettInferno by Dante Alighieri
Best Middle Ages Books
1,321 books — 1,933 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
4,379 books — 2,306 voters
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Stories For Book Lovers
8,522 books — 9,064 voters