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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarah (763 Lists)



Shameless by Karen Robards
Assassins in Romance
92 books — 9 voters
The Society of Forgotten Wives by Pam JenoffMore Than Famous by Martha Hall KellyThe Deep and Secret Things by Ken FollettGray Ledges by Audrey Minutolo-LeMaster, Mistress, Maid by Kat Gordon
Historical Fiction 2027
39 books — 6 voters

The Postilion by S.M. LaVioletteHis Valet by S.M. LaVioletteThe Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley
Girls Disguised as Boys in Historical Romance Novels
79 books — 36 voters
The First Witch of Boston by Andrea CatalanoEveryone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka GalchenThe Witch of Willow Hall by Hester FoxThe Winter Witch by Jennifer ChevalierA Time of Witches by Madeline Martin
Witch Hunts in Historical Fiction
138 books — 89 voters

The Impostor by Celeste BradleyHis at Night by Sherry ThomasThe Forbidden Lady by Kerrelyn SparksFor Susannah by Marilyn HerrMidnight Bride by Kathleen Drymon
Dandy Heroes, Secret Bad Ass
69 books — 50 voters
A Great Act of Love by Heather RoseThe Fourth Wife by Linda HamiltonRailsong by Rahul BhattacharyaThe Shock of the Light by Lori Inglis HallThe Complex by Karan Mahajan
Historical Fiction 2026
271 books — 86 voters

Half Sick of Shadows by Laura SebastianSick of Shadows by Sharyn McCrumb
Lady of Shalott Not Just Titles references and retellings too
22 books — 11 voters
Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie PookThin Air by Michelle PaverThe Snow Collectors by Tina May HallThe Winter Spirits by Bridget CollinsA Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke
Frozen Gothic
32 books — 25 voters

Secrets of Rose Briar Hall by Kelsey JamesThe Beholders by Hester MussonMy Carmilla by Anita ZaraThe Burial Plot by Elizabeth MacnealThe Silence Factory by Bridget Collins
2024 Gothic
79 books — 60 voters
Woman 99 by Greer MacallisterFeminism for the 99% by Cinzia ArruzzaThe 99% Invisible City by Roman MarsThe Mystery of the 99 Steps by Carolyn Keene
99.... Luftballons? "Ninety-Nine" in the Title
111 books — 13 voters

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia PurnellBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieThe Midwife by Jennifer WorthMarie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,931 books — 1,891 voters
Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Pandora
27 books — 7 voters

With This Kiss by Victoria Lynne
Scarred Heroes and Heroines in Historical Romance
224 books — 97 voters
This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna CareyRunning Out of Time by Margaret Peterson HaddixThis Is Not the Real World by Anna Carey
"Truman Show" Plot
22 books — 12 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanEveryone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris CleaveThe Night Watch by Sarah WatersIn Farleigh Field by Rhys BowenThe Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
World War II England
483 books — 226 voters
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanBlack and Blue by Anna QuindlenPicture Perfect by Jodi PicoultBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonDolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Domestic Violence in Fiction
277 books — 180 voters

See What I Have Done by Sarah SchmidtLizzie by Dawn IusThe Secrets of Lizzie Borden by Brandy Purdy
Lizzie Borden Fiction
12 books — 7 voters
Lilith by Nikki Marmery
Adam and Eve Retellings
113 books — 39 voters

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
Locked Room Mysteries
190 books — 156 voters
The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa ArsénPoor Girls by Clare WhitfieldThe Resistance Painter by Kath JonathanFinding Flora by Elinor Florence33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen
Historical Fiction 2025
338 books — 214 voters

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth KeaneYes Please by Amy PoehlerYes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
Yes We Can!
194 books — 29 voters
Boardwalk Summer by Meredith JaegerSanta Cruz Noir by Susie BrightA Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey
Santa Cruz, California
39 books — 12 voters

Havisham by Ronald FrameMister Pip by Lloyd JonesLost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Great Expectations
12 books — 10 voters
The World Turned Upside Down by Christopher Hill
Radical Titles
285 books — 24 voters

The Tower by Flora CarrThe Other Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Flower Reader by Elizabeth LoupasThe Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots by Carolly Erickson
Mary, Queen of Scots
58 books — 49 voters
Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser KingLady MacBethad by Isabelle SchulerBlood Queen by Joanna CourtneyAll Our Yesterdays by Joel H. MorrisLady Macbeth by Ava Reid
Lady Macbeth fiction
6 books — 3 voters

The Good at Heart by Ursula WernerThe Good Sister by Jamie KainHow to Be Good by Nick HornbyBad History by Emma MarriottPlain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
899 books — 52 voters
Horns by Joe HillA Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
Offspring of Famous Authors
281 books — 28 voters


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