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The Ghost Fields by Elly GriffithsThe Third Gate by Lincoln ChildSite Unseen by Dana CameronDead Men's Bones by James OswaldLake of Sorrows by Erin Hart
Great Archeological Thrillers
162 books — 32 voters
River Road by Carol Goodman
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
325 books — 698 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Beach Reads 2015
1,738 books — 2,270 voters
The Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonThe Secret Keeper by Kate MortonPossession by A.S. ByattThe House at Riverton by Kate MortonBridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
Best Dual-Time Historical Literary Fiction
48 books — 84 voters

Mariana by Susanna KearsleyThe Winter Sea by Susanna KearsleyThe Rose Garden by Susanna KearsleyAn Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. JamesGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Gothic Lite
65 books — 22 voters
Lisa, Bright and Dark by John NeufeldFreaky Friday by Mary RodgersThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsForever... by Judy Blume
Vintage Young Adult
184 books — 30 voters

Ginnie and the New Girl by Catherine WoolleyHonestly, Katie John! by Mary Calhoun
The Out-of-Print/Backlist Challenge
519 books — 96 voters
In the Woods by Tana French
Irish Women's Fiction
113 books — 16 voters

Blackout by Connie Willis
WWII Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
76 books — 42 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Pick-Me-Ups That Aren't Sappy
23 books — 14 voters

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiHow the Light Gets In by Louise PennyForgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Best Books of 2013 (Excluding Paranormal Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Erotica and Contemporary Romance)
84 books — 68 voters
The Long Way Home by Louise PennyA Fatal Grace by Louise PennyStill Life by Louise PennyA Rule Against Murder by Louise PennyHow the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Québec
329 books — 68 voters

Jane-Emily by Patricia ClappThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesAn Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. JamesThe Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Historical Ghost Fiction
214 books — 338 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnYou Should Have Known by Jean Hanff KorelitzThe Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Chick Noir novels
31 books — 36 voters

The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe
Victorian Spiritualism Fiction
127 books — 77 voters
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice HoffmanLandline by Rainbow RowellThe Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew QuickBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Adult Books Of 2014
96 books — 114 voters

Faeries by Brian Froud
Bestiaries
270 books — 136 voters
People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Best Books that Follow an Object Through Time
80 books — 76 voters

Black Hour by Lori Rader-DaySkin Game by Jim ButcherWaking the Dead by Heather Graham
2014's Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers
282 books — 655 voters
Now You See Me by Sharon J. BoltonIn the Woods by Tana FrenchAwakening by Sharon J. BoltonThe Janus Stone by Elly GriffithsThe Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Crime
43 books — 17 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,306 books — 3,307 voters
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine AddisonWhat Makes This Book So Great by Jo WaltonMurder of Crows by Anne Bishop
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2014
502 books — 2,268 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Help by Kathryn StockettAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Most Charming Novels
387 books — 178 voters
An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. JamesThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesSilence for the Dead by Simone St. JamesSeraphina by Rachel HartmanShadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Historical Paranormal Fiction
90 books — 71 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Middle Earth
140 books — 95 voters
The Outcast Dead by Elly GriffithsSomewhere in France by Jennifer Robson
2014 Reads You Don't Want To Miss
929 books — 1,207 voters

The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison AllenThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Magical Realism in Small Town America
106 books — 156 voters
The Fate of Mercy Alban by Wendy WebbA Dark Dividing by Sarah RayneThe Death Chamber by Sarah RayneHouse of Echoes by Barbara ErskineThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Modern Gothic
683 books — 1,348 voters

Tales of the Cryptids by Kelly Milner Halls
The Fortean Bookshelf
321 books — 25 voters
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikFarthing by Jo WaltonThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Best Alternate History
351 books — 685 voters


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