Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy HoranMrs. Hemingway by Naomi Wood
Historical Fiction 2014
406 books — 2,008 voters

The Magician's Lie by Greer MacallisterThe Last Bookaneer by Matthew PearlBalm by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Historical Fiction 2015
420 books — 2,124 voters
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,192 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,994 books — 26,646 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,769 books — 6,074 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Modern Gothic
722 books — 1,375 voters

The Observations by Jane  HarrisSeven Locks by Christine Wade
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,336 books — 1,381 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
Not So Happily-Ever-After
784 books — 1,080 voters

The Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin
Historical Fiction 2011
118 books — 582 voters

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie BenjaminMrs. Poe by Lynn CullenSeven Locks by Christine WadeMary Coin by Marisa SilverFreud's Mistress by Karen  Mack
Historical Fiction 2013
415 books — 2,161 voters
The Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Chaperone by Laura MoriartyA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Best 1920s Historical Fiction
206 books — 286 voters

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyI Am America by Stephen Colbert
Best Book Titles
12,176 books — 8,599 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Books you have read more than one time
13,140 books — 8,281 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldWater for Elephants by Sara GruenLoving Frank by Nancy HoranSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Book Club List
745 books — 778 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksCold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,919 books — 26,339 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,255 books — 2,435 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierDracula by Bram StokerThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Gothic Novels/Suspense Novels
444 books — 490 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,842 books — 4,984 voters

Silas Marner by George EliotThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Forced to read in school, but hated
320 books — 560 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Gothic Books of All Time
640 books — 3,600 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Books that Keep Me Reading
56 books — 13 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,381 books — 1,216 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,538 books — 17,513 voters


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