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
387 books — 1,975 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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265 books — 61 voters
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Italy
978 books — 495 voters

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In the Pink
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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
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