Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/4091267-rebecca-huston">Rebecca Huston</a> (311 Lists)

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

A King's Ransom by Sharon Kay Penman

The Red Lily Crown by Elizabeth Loupas

The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick

I Always Loved You by Robin Oliveira

Girl on the Golden Coin by Marci Jefferson

Historical Fiction 2014

376 books — 1,974 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Queen Margot by Alexandre Dumas

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Literary Historical Fiction

1,124 books — 1,000 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander

Best Books 1965

218 books — 64 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff

Royal Biographies

316 books — 52 voters

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

11/22/63 by Stephen King

The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje

Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin

Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer

Best Books of 2011

2,667 books — 6,708 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Thickest Books Ever

890 books — 2,494 voters

The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick

What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?

13,755 books — 14,468 voters

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

The Economist - Books of the Year 2007

46 books — 15 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Possession by A.S. Byatt

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Flavorwire's 50 Books Everyone Needs to Read

51 books — 20 voters

The Abominable by Dan Simmons

The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates

Interesting Books of 2013

308 books — 932 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard

Tinderbox by Craig Timberg

Pox by Deborah Hayden

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry

Best Medical Non-fiction

63 books — 37 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson

The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson

Citizens of London by Lynne Olson

Best Non-fiction War Books

2,098 books — 2,328 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson

Murder Most Cold

218 books — 397 voters

An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson

Pulitzer Winners: History

106 books — 109 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie

Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies

121 books — 202 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

High on high-fantasy

94 books — 61 voters

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves

Roma by Steven Saylor

Imperium by Robert Harris

Conspirata by Robert Harris

Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome

358 books — 594 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Possession by A.S. Byatt

Seductive Reads

95 books — 29 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert

Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh

The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

Hugo Award for Best Novel

73 books — 146 voters

Omamori by Richard McGill

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Hornet Flight by Ken Follett

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

WWII Historic Fiction

1,353 books — 1,512 voters

The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk

The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye

Flashman in the Great Game by George MacDonald Fraser

White Mughals by William Dalrymple

The "Great Game"

42 books — 41 voters

My Life in France by Julia Child

As Always, Julia by Joan Reardon

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Heat by Bill Buford

Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

Cooking Memoirs

404 books — 62 voters

The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser

Queen Isabella by Alison Weir

Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie

The Reluctant King by Sarah Bradford

Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser

379 books — 134 voters

Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson

Fearless by Lucia St. Clair Robson

Calico Palace by Gwen Bristow

Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow

Ran Away by Barbara Hambly

19th Century Historical Fiction

217 books — 69 voters

Bess of Hardwick by Mary S. Lovell

The Royal Stuarts by Allan Massie

Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley by Alison Weir

Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser

Mary, Queen of Scots

58 books — 49 voters

The Woodvilles by Susan Higginbotham

A King's Ransom by Sharon Kay Penman

China Dolls by Lisa See

The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig

Can't Wait Books of 2014

2,460 books — 15,112 voters

The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna

The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Dreams of Joy by Lisa See

The American Experience in China--Fact and Fiction

61 books — 29 voters

Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

Cleo by Helen Brown

A Reluctant Queen by Joan Wolf

Habits of the House by Fay Weldon

While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax

The Dogs of 2013

51 books — 16 voters

Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi by Jacqueline Park

The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Habits of the House by Fay Weldon

Nefertiti by Michelle Moran

The Potato Incident

25 books — 12 voters

Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell

The Real Jane Austen by Paula Byrne

Going Clear by Lawrence Wright

Jewels from Imperial St Petersburg by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm

Best Books Published in 2013

3,591 books — 7,169 voters

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