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



Marie Antoinette by Antonia FraserChildren of England by Alison WeirQueen of Fashion by Caroline WeberLove and Louis XIV by Antonia FraserThe Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir
Biographies of Significant Historical Women
538 books — 170 voters
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayDearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff LindsayNuclear Jellyfish by Tim DorseyPineapple Grenade by Tim DorseyWhen Elves Attack by Tim Dorsey
Best Books Set in or About Florida
802 books — 326 voters

The Silver Devil by Teresa DenysThe Flesh and the Devil by Teresa DenysThis Other Eden by Marilyn HarrisAngelique by Anne GolonAngelique and the King by Anne Golon
Great books that deserve a re-issue
168 books — 122 voters
1776 by David McCulloughDispatches from the Edge by Anderson CooperGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondWar on the Middle Class by Lou DobbsPrague Winter by Madeleine K. Albright
The Daily Show Reading Club
338 books — 232 voters

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPersuasion by Jane AustenThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Posthumously Published Books
229 books — 131 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelI, Elizabeth by Rosalind MilesThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret GeorgeThe Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Fiction Set in 16th Century
158 books — 70 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,015 books — 591 voters
The Colour by Rose TremainHeartbroke Bay by Lynn D'ursoThe Touch by Colleen McCulloughRoss Poldark by Winston GrahamCareless in Red by Elizabeth George
Mining
150 books — 68 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoShōgun by James ClavellMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianKatherine by Anya Seton
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,520 books — 3,538 voters
Best Unappreciated Books
4,354 books — 2,185 voters

The Winds of Winter by George R.R. MartinA Dream of Spring by George R.R. MartinCaptal's Tower by Melanie Rawn
Hurry Up and Release It!!!
252 books — 3,790 voters
A Sudden, Fearful Death by Anne PerryHome From the Sea by Mercedes LackeyA Reluctant Queen by Joan WolfThe Taste of Conquest by Michael KrondlThe Great Survivors by Peter Conradi
2013: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
2,622 books — 326 voters

Innocent Traitor by Alison WeirThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George
Biographic Fiction
732 books — 302 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard KiplingWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Kings of Fiction
153 books — 31 voters

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanKatherine by Anya SetonWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman
Historical Fiction: The House of Plantagenet
206 books — 474 voters
Lionheart by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Troubadour's Song by David BoyleHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Books about Queen Consort Berengaria of Navarre
16 books — 11 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellEmma by Jane AustenThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryAll For Love by Amanda ElyotBetween Two Queens by Kate Emerson
Characters you just want to smack
476 books — 298 voters
In the Company of Soldiers by Rick AtkinsonThe Day of Battle by Rick AtkinsonAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonThe Guns at Last Light by Rick AtkinsonThe Washing of the Spears by Donald R. Morris
Major Battles in History and Fiction
232 books — 80 voters

It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Worst Cover Art
437 books — 255 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieThe Romanovs by Robert K. MassiePavlovsk by Suzanne Massie
Best Russian History Books
545 books — 380 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieOrient Express by Graham GreeneThe Grand Ellipse by Paula VolskyMrs Queen Takes the Train by William KuhnSpies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
All Aboard! Books with Trains In It!
306 books — 67 voters
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Modern Interpretations of Ancient Myths
314 books — 340 voters

The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai by Barbara LazarShadow on the Crown by Patricia BracewellThe Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan11/22/63 by Stephen KingEverything's Eventual by Stephen King
Should I bother reading this?
41 books — 89 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteAs Always, Julia by Joan ReardonPrince Philip by Philip EadeThe Jane Austen Guide to Happily Ever After by Elizabeth Kantor
Your Top 5 Reads in 2012
717 books — 800 voters

Garden of Beasts by Jeffery DeaverStraight Into Darkness by Faye KellermanZoo Station by David DowningShining Through by Susan IsaacsCity of Women by David R. Gillham
Berlin in Fiction
110 books — 57 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandRissa Kerguelen by F.M. BusbyThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Wow, What a Crappy Future
61 books — 55 voters

A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth GeorgeHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Face of a Stranger by Anne PerryShards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
1st books in a series
225 books — 57 voters
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster BujoldBarrayar by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodTwilight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. ChalkerThe Sardonyx Net by Elizabeth A. Lynn
Best Female Lead Characters in Sci-Fi
193 books — 59 voters

A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
Books That Would Honestly Make Great Movies!
336 books — 95 voters
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanMary Queen of Scots by Antonia FraserShōgun by James Clavell
Truly Massive Biography, Real or Imagined
263 books — 39 voters