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Happy Place by Emily HenryLove, Theoretically by Ali HazelwoodNot in a Billion Years by Camilla IsleyThe Love Theorem by Camilla IsleyThe Love Proposal by Camilla Isley
Most Anticipated Book Releases 2023
298 books — 271 voters
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierSon of the Shadows by Juliet MarillierHeart's Blood by Juliet MarillierWildwood Dancing by Juliet MarillierChild of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier
Best Book By Juliet Marillier
21 books — 261 voters

Escape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallWolf Hall by Hilary MantelMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Literary Historical Fiction
707 books — 227 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsThe Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
Victorian Mysteries
153 books — 204 voters

Gates of Fire by Steven PressfieldThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCold Victory by Helena P. SchraderShōgun by James ClavellThe Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Historical Military Adventure
342 books — 192 voters
As Death Draws Near by Anna Lee HuberWhen Falcons Fall by C.S. HarrisThe Silence of Stones by Jeri WestersonThrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan BradleyLost Among the Living by Simone St. James
Most Anticipated Historical Mysteries for 2016
68 books — 190 voters

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth PetersThe Mummy Case by Elizabeth PetersThe Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth PetersThe Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
Archaeology Romance, Mystery, Suspense
277 books — 189 voters
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric IvesThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
74 books — 183 voters

A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna RaybournIn This Grave Hour by Jacqueline WinspearThe Paris Spy by Susan Elia MacNealWhere the Dead Lie by C.S. HarrisIn Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
Most Anticipated Historical Mysteries for 2017
112 books — 181 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Historical Fantasy
366 books — 177 voters

Voyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson WhiteThe Girl Who Came Home by Hazel GaynorOn the Edge of Daylight by Giselle BeaumontThe Second Mrs. Astor by Shana AbeFateful by Claudia Gray
Fiction about the Titanic
134 books — 177 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelWorld Without End by Ken FollettKatherine by Anya Seton
History through Novels: 1000-1899 Western Europe
434 books — 172 voters

Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke by Anne BlankmanA Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnisLion Heart by A.C. GaughenA Cold Legacy by Megan ShepherdManners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
YA Historical Fiction of 2015
79 books — 164 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
Best Books by Philippa Gregory
28 books — 163 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidCirce by Madeline Miller
2019: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2019
1,402 books — 159 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysRose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
YA Fiction set in the 1940s
209 books — 157 voters

Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranCleopatra VII by Kristiana GregoryLily of the Nile by Stephanie DrayThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeCleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter
Books about Cleopatra (fiction and nonfiction)
60 books — 152 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFatherland by Robert HarrisThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Nazi Germany in fiction
118 books — 151 voters

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia LevensellerCinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli BrownPirates! by Celia ReesDaughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia LevensellerSea Queens by Jane Yolen
Lady Pirates
278 books — 144 voters
Mortal Heart by Robin LaFeversPrisoner of Night and Fog by Anne BlankmanThe Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane NickersonThe Falconer by Elizabeth MayA Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller
YA Historical Fiction of 2014
73 books — 139 voters

The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan WolfFateful by Claudia GrayPromise Me This by Cathy GohlkeBy the Light of the Silvery Moon by Tricia GoyerThe Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor
Titanic's 100th Anniversary
82 books — 135 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellBeing Lucy by Dale Lorna JacobsenLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAtomic Secrets by Janet Asbridge
Great Historical Fiction
303 books — 132 voters

The Dark Days Club by Alison GoodmanMy Lady Jane by Cynthia HandSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysThese Vicious Masks by Tarun ShankerPassenger by Alexandra Bracken
YA Historical Fiction of 2016
55 books — 132 voters
The Physician by Noah GordonThe Alienist by Caleb CarrOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Historical Medical Fiction
148 books — 116 voters

Being Lucy by Dale Lorna JacobsenThe Cavalier by Israh AziziLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
My Favorite Books I've Read
350 books — 115 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelAztec by Gary JenningsLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Historical Fiction set in Latin America
158 books — 110 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sensitive Blood-Drinkers, Sexy Bad-Boys and Gallant Scottish Noblemen... or NOT
633 books — 107 voters
Ruby Red by Kerstin GierEmerald Green by Kerstin GierSapphire Blue by Kerstin GierMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsTimeless by Alexandra Monir
YA Time Travel Romance
115 books — 103 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Help by Kathryn Stockett1984 by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Literature Concerning Social Injustice and Human Suffering (Fiction Only)
194 books — 65 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Renaissance Club by Rachel DacusA Light of Her Own by Carrie CallaghanDear Theo by Vincent van GoghI Always Loved You by Robin Oliveira
Great books about art
197 books — 52 voters

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