Top Romance and Romantasy of the Year So Far

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



Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyBleak House by Charles DickensMiddlemarch by George Eliot
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,739 books — 6,914 voters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Best Books About Tudor England
644 books — 1,670 voters

The History of Love by Nicole KraussNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayMiddlemarch by George EliotRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Best Love Stories
5,265 books — 9,826 voters
Love and War in the Apennines by Eric NewbySurvival in Auschwitz by Primo LeviThe Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn BeerYellow Star by Jennifer Roy
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
695 books — 490 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 2,003 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 817 voters

The Way Back to Florence by Glenn HaybittleCircling the Sun by Paula McLainThe Italian Wife by Kate Furnivall
Historical Fiction 2015
430 books — 2,136 voters
War in Val d'Orcia by Iris OrigoLove and War in the Apennines by Eric NewbyThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn HaybittleIn Love and War by Alex PrestonD.H. Lawrence and Italy by D.H. Lawrence
Best books about Italy
210 books — 98 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAtonement by Ian McEwanThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn Haybittle
WWII Historic Fiction
1,528 books — 1,636 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn HaybittleThe Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Amazing WWII fiction (some with romance)
437 books — 658 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,192 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn Haybittle
World War II Fiction
1,489 books — 2,229 voters

The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn HaybittleBeautiful Ruins by Jess WalterThe Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
Italy
1,027 books — 547 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2015 Tournament of Books Short List
17 books — 158 voters