The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Awakening by Kate ChopinJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,672 voters
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire NorthThe Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. CareyThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
165 books — 695 voters

Legacy by Susan  KayWolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberThe Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,359 books — 1,593 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellDivergent by Veronica RothPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Unmistakably Strong Female Characters!!
430 books — 337 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroAtonement by Ian McEwanPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
530 books — 1,887 voters

Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Marilyn Monroe
39 books — 52 voters

Insurgent by Veronica RothDivergent by Veronica RothThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
YA Dystopia Novels
1,900 books — 11,275 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,255 voters
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Can't Wait Books of 2013
2,491 books — 11,686 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,182 books — 1,510 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Fifties Fiction Favorites
99 books — 112 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Retro Reads
162 books — 133 voters
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
Best Books of Summer 2012
40 books — 234 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,975 books — 16,689 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Lady Elizabeth by Alison WeirInnocent Traitor by Alison Weir
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,629 voters

Life Mask by Emma DonoghueThe Shadow of the Pomegranate by Jean PlaidyGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Headless Women
623 books — 137 voters
The Borgia Bride by Jeanne KalogridisSins of the House of Borgia by Sarah Bower
Best Books about the Borgia Family
69 books — 170 voters

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Dark Humor
727 books — 1,635 voters
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline SusannSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Some of My Favorite Books
25 books — 6 voters



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