Daughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia AlvarezPortrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
Latin American Fiction
868 books — 1,162 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,085 books — 976 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensWinter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,969 books — 9,814 voters

By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Sandcastle Girls by Chris BohjalianThe Right-Hand Shore by Christopher Tilghman
Beach, Sand & Shore
576 books — 44 voters
Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger by Lee  SmithRemarkable Creatures by Tracy ChevalierThe Book of Speculation by Erika SwylerCoastliners by Joanne Harris
Seashells
80 books — 25 voters

Seven Year Switch by Claire CookSummer House by Nancy ThayerThe Beach House by Mary Alice MonroeSilver Girl by Elin HilderbrandTime Flies by Claire Cook
Books on the beach
97 books — 47 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingWe Were Liars by E. LockhartCoastliners by Joanne HarrisRemarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
Give me the Beach!
57 books — 24 voters

The Truth About Forever by Sarah DessenThe Last Summer of You and Me by Ann BrasharesThe Help by Kathryn StockettSomething Borrowed by Emily GiffinThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Great Beach Reads
365 books — 329 voters
White Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezIsland Beneath the Sea by Isabel AllendeA House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
Caribbean Literature
580 books — 264 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Apothecary’s House by Adrian MathewsMargot by Jillian Cantor
Holland/Netherlands
66 books — 24 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Coffee Trader by David LissThe Miniaturist by Jessie BurtonThe Apothecary’s House by Adrian MathewsTulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
Books Set in Amsterdam
89 books — 72 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best California Books
434 books — 217 voters
City of God by Paulo LinsState of Wonder by Ann PatchettBrazil by John UpdikeTent of Miracles by Jorge Amado
Books Set in Brazil
39 books — 23 voters

Inevitable by Claire LymanNeither Here nor There by Bill BrysonThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy ChevalierA Venetian Affair by Andrea di Robilant
Books set in Belgium
82 books — 20 voters
Sophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Di... by Jonas JonassonAstrid and Veronika by Linda OlssonThe Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,243 voters

One Day by David Nicholls
Books Set in Scotland
983 books — 670 voters
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
Best Fiction Set in Ireland
815 books — 549 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Books with Witty Banter/Dialogue
1,070 books — 863 voters

Good in Bed by Jennifer WeinerIn Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
Pennsylvania Books
337 books — 141 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomMary Poppins by P.L. TraversCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,221 books — 6,122 voters