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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rebecca Huston (311 Lists)



The Colour by Rose TremainThe Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Books with similar plot
49 books — 9 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Best Fantasy Books
1,726 books — 1,476 voters

The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonPacking for Mars by Mary RoachThief of Time by Terry PratchettLion in the Valley by Elizabeth PetersPemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell
Books Read in February 2014
66 books — 9 voters
The Age of Desire by Jennie FieldsThe Heir Apparent by Jane RidleyCarpe Jugulum by Terry PratchettIf You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather LendeThe Abominable by Dan Simmons
Born in the 1960s - What we've read in 2014
894 books — 42 voters

Blood Royal by Eric JagerEveryday Life in Medieval London by Toni MountSulla by Lynda TelfordCross and Scepter by Sverre BaggeThe Knight Who Saved England by Richard Brooks
History Books 2014
127 books — 139 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,304 books — 1,549 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. CherryhThe Peshawar Lancers by S.M. StirlingIntervention by Julian MayThe Many-Coloured Land by Julian May
Book You Loved, But No One Else Around You Has Heard Of
363 books — 123 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessStand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
100 books — 104 voters

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsBlood and Sable by Carol J. KaneA Daughter of the Nobility by Natasha BorovskyLove and Honor by Leslie ArlenSeized by Love by Susan Johnson
Romance in Russia (and/or) Russian Heroes and Heroines
208 books — 188 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough
Horse as Character
258 books — 63 voters

Ross Poldark by Winston GrahamDemelza by Winston GrahamJeremy Poldark by Winston GrahamWarleggan by Winston GrahamThe Black Moon by Winston Graham
Best Books Set in Cornwall
177 books — 134 voters
Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria HoltThe India Fan by Victoria HoltMy Enemy, the Queen by Victoria HoltThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Classic Romantic Suspense You Can Read Now
185 books — 133 voters

The Heir Apparent by Jane RidleyThe Age of Desire by Jennie FieldsIf You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather LendeCarpe Jugulum by Terry PratchettThe Abominable by Dan Simmons
Books Read in January 2014
94 books — 12 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,409 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le CarréThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Lion in Winter by James Goldman
Frosty Book Titles
1,416 books — 158 voters
The Source by James A. MichenerEsther by Norah Lofts
Best Biblical Fiction
393 books — 600 voters

Longbourn by Jo BakerGoing Clear by Lawrence WrightEmpress Dowager Cixi by Jung ChangThe Valley of Amazement by Amy TanFive Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 voters
A Reliable Wife by Robert GoolrickThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHighland Velvet by Jude DeverauxMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
Mail Order Brides and Arranged Marriages
353 books — 491 voters

A King's Ransom by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Winter Crown by Elizabeth ChadwickThe Marathon Conspiracy by Gary CorbyArchduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! by Richard Ned Lebow
2014 Reads You Don't Want To Miss
929 books — 1,207 voters
When We Were Strangers by Pamela SchoenewaldtStitch in Snow by Anne McCaffreyA Stitch in Time by Monica FerrisCrewel World by Monica FerrisFramed in Lace by Monica Ferris
Threads of Love: Dressmaker, Seamstress, Quilter, Knitter Heroines
219 books — 54 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Queen's Fool by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Murder of King Tut by James PattersonMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction
105 books — 161 voters
Katherine by Anya SetonLion of Mortimer by Juliet DymokeThe Royal Griffin by Juliet DymokeThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
House of Plantaganet
42 books — 11 voters

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel PoolIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryKrakatoa by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,046 books — 2,070 voters
HHhH by Laurent BinetBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Round House by Louise Erdrich
2014 Impac Dublin Literary Award Nominees
76 books — 41 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Fencing Master by Arturo Pérez-ReverteMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck
Swashbucklers
559 books — 497 voters
The Conquest by Elizabeth ChadwickDark Before the Rising Sun by Laurie McBain
Pink as a Fresh Rose
288 books — 66 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughFortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough
Ancient Greece & Rome
161 books — 31 voters
Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor ArnoldFor the King by Catherine DelorsThe Flower Reader by Elizabeth LoupasThe Champion by Elizabeth ChadwickThe Falcons of Montabard by Elizabeth Chadwick
Sapphire from the Deepest Ocean
532 books — 159 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertMiddlemarch by George Eliot
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,810 voters
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Flavorwire's 50 Incredibly Tough Books for Extreme Readers
50 books — 105 voters