The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirWolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Best Books About Tudor England
606 books — 1,625 voters
Beyond the Dark Veil by Sue HengerSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyDeath by Joanna EbensteinEmpire of Death by Paul Koudounaris
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33 books — 11 voters

An Archaeology of Desperation by Kelly J. DixonOrdeal by Hunger by George R. StewartThe Best Land Under Heaven by Michael WallisThe Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James BrownDesperate Passage by Ethan Rarick
Donner Party
26 books — 27 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best California Books
434 books — 216 voters

The Butchering Art by Lindsey FitzharrisFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyThe Apparitionists by Peter ManseauTales from a Talking Board by Ross E. LockhartThe Witch by Ronald Hutton
Morbid Must-Reads - Fall 2017
13 books — 9 voters
Overdressed by Elizabeth L. ClineGood Life Lab by Wendy TremayneThe Zero Waste Solution by Paul ConnettMake Your Place by Raleigh BriggsZero Waste Home by Bea Johnson
Sustainable & Conscious Living
62 books — 22 voters

Jim Morrison by Stephen Davis
Best Books on Rock and Roll
884 books — 1,280 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerGilded Lives, Fatal Voyage by Hugh BrewsterColumbine by Dave Cullen
Disasters, Tragedies, and Accidents
201 books — 77 voters

We Were Feminists Once by Andi ZeislerReviving Ophelia by Mary PipherHunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie BrownsteinThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Women & Gender Studies
1,461 books — 546 voters
The American Resting Place by Marilyn YalomBeautiful Death by David    RobinsonStories in Stone by Douglas KeisterEmpire of Death by Paul KoudounarisDigging Up the Dead by Michael Kammen
Nose in a book, head in the grave
12 books — 3 voters

The American Resting Place by Marilyn YalomBeautiful Death by David    RobinsonPermanent Californians by Judi CulbertsonStories in Stone by Douglas KeisterEmpire of Death by Paul Koudounaris
Must-Have Cemetery Books
202 books — 93 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Historical Fiction
7,359 books — 25,540 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMarie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
Best History Books
3,694 books — 3,730 voters
The Crucible by Arthur MillerEntertaining Satan by John Putnam DemosA Storm of Witchcraft by Emerson W. Baker
Salem
133 books — 52 voters