Girl on the Golden Coin by Marci JeffersonThe Lion and the Rose by Kate QuinnDaughter of the Gods by Stephanie Marie ThorntonFrog Music by Emma DonoghueThe Boleyn Reckoning by Laura Andersen
Historical Fiction 2014
386 books — 1,979 voters
The Secret Rescue by Cate LineberryCall the Midwife by Jennifer WorthSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandThe Tigress of Forlì by Elizabeth LevHiroshima by John Hersey
Dramatic Nonfiction
40 books — 23 voters

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269 books — 73 voters
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Italy
985 books — 503 voters

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In the Pink
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