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
1,704 books — 6,875 voters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Best Books About Tudor England
610 books — 1,632 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
5,177 books — 9,637 voters

The Way Back to Florence by Glenn HaybittleCircling the Sun by Paula McLainThe Italian Wife by Kate Furnivall
Historical Fiction 2015
400 books — 2,094 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
209 books — 97 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
1,459 books — 1,537 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)
407 books — 627 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,193 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
1,397 books — 2,030 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
981 books — 499 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2015 Tournament of Books Short List
17 books — 158 voters