The Wedding People by Alison EspachBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabThe Hounding by Xenobe PurvisThe Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
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237 books — 71 voters

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika KimEileen by Ottessa MoshfeghThey Never Learn by Layne FargoMaeve Fly by C.J. LeedeSlewfoot by Brom
I Support Women's Wrongs
79 books — 28 voters
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Cozy Horror
33 books — 11 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Seven Year Slip by Ashley PostonA Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose SutherlandDiavola by Jennifer Marie ThorneThe Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Your Top 5 Reads in 2024
467 books — 133 voters
I, Coriander by Sally GardnerJuniper & Thorn by Ava ReidGirls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa BashardoustDeerskin by Robin McKinleyHemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
Fairy Tales for Grown Children
323 books — 282 voters

Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanWeyward by Emilia HartGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenIn the Shadow Garden by Liz    ParkerIn the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace
Whismigoth
45 books — 17 voters

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettWeyward by Emilia HartHappy Place by Emily HenryThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandannaJuniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
Your Top 5 Reads in 2023
814 books — 315 voters
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. JamesA Dowry of Blood by S.T. GibsonKnow My Name by Chanel MillerIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoThe Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
Your Top 5 Reads in 2022
577 books — 196 voters

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
LGBT Books Voted by LGBT Readers Only
895 books — 349 voters

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonSorcery of Thorns by Margaret  RogersonGet a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia HibbertThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonA Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
Best Books 2019
1,141 books — 1,307 voters

Happily Ever Afters by Elise BryantHeartstopper by Alice OsemanHouse of Hollow by Krystal SutherlandThe Box in the Woods by Maureen JohnsonA Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth
YA Novels of 2021
783 books — 2,469 voters

Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    MoranThe Secret History by Stephanie Marie ThorntonRebel Queen by Michelle    MoranThe Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra GullandNefertiti by Michelle    Moran
Queens Outside of England
66 books — 23 voters
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidAnne Boleyn by Alison WeirThe Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa PalomboThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenThe Echo of Twilight by Judith Kinghorn
Historical Fiction 2017
339 books — 852 voters

The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester FoxCirce by Madeline MillerThe Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa PalomboMy Dear Hamilton by Stephanie DrayJane Seymour by Alison Weir
Historical Fiction 2018
419 books — 975 voters
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthHouse of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. MaasGirl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa BashardoustA Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid KemmererThe Queen Of Nothing by Holly Black
Can't Wait Books of 2020
1,121 books — 2,487 voters

The Wicked King by Holly BlackFatal Throne by Candace FlemingNimona by N.D. StevensonBecoming by Michelle Obama
Your Top 5 Reads in 2019
667 books — 260 voters
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny HanMy Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand
Your Top 5 Reads in 2018
639 books — 262 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaCirce by Madeline MillerThe Hazel Wood by Melissa AlbertThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Best Books of 2018
1,651 books — 2,957 voters
The Wicked King by Holly BlackA Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid KemmererSorcery of Thorns by Margaret  RogersonThe Fountains of Silence by Ruta SepetysRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Best Books of 2019
1,389 books — 1,961 voters

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa BashardoustA Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid KemmererCinderella Is Dead by Kalynn  BayronThorn by Intisar KhananiHeartstopper by Alice Oseman
YA Novels of 2020
825 books — 2,641 voters

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta SepetysThe Dead Queens Club by Hannah CapinSorcery of Thorns by Margaret  RogersonThe Downstairs Girl by Stacey  LeeThese Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
YA Novels of 2019
866 books — 3,025 voters
Heartless by Marissa MeyerStepsister by Jennifer DonnellyTo Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra ChristoGirls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa BashardoustSea Witch by Sarah Henning
Fairytale Villains
42 books — 21 voters


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