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



Queen of Fashion by Caroline WeberThe History of Underclothes by C. Willett CunningtonRussian Elegance by L.V. YefimovaAt the Russian Court by Hermitage AmsterdamFetish Fashion by Larry Utley
The Meaning of Clothing
108 books — 29 voters
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambTopping from Below by Laura ReeseThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
I want my money back
203 books — 57 voters

Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
The American Frontier
684 books — 153 voters
Careless in Red by Elizabeth GeorgeMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonThe Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
Recent Fiction That I Have Enjoyed
77 books — 32 voters

Red Adam's Lady by Grace IngramAnna by Cynthia Harrod-EaglesThe Twelfth Transforming by Pauline GedgeDésirée by Annemarie SelinkoChild of the Morning by Pauline Gedge
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,215 books — 1,230 voters
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffreyThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesBarrayar by Lois McMaster BujoldMirror Dance by Lois McMaster BujoldKomarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
Disability In Science Fiction
71 books — 31 voters

The Gilded Web by Mary BaloghThe Devil's Web by Mary Balogh
Compromised! (Historical Romance)
252 books — 149 voters
Fortune's Favorites by Colleen McCulloughThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughAngelique in Barbary by Anne GolonAngélique in Love by Anne GolonAngelique and the King by Anne Golon
Is there a good historical novel hiding behind that cheesy cover?
93 books — 27 voters

The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
Best Books 1963
128 books — 58 voters
A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King by Elisabeth Charlotte von der...As Always, Julia by Joan ReardonJane Austen's Letters by Jane AustenLetters to Vicky by Andrew RobertsLetters to Her Majesty the Queen by Alice Grand Duchess Of Hesse
Women's Correspondence - Letters in History
212 books — 69 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Marketplace by Laura AntoniouThe Slave by Laura AntoniouThe Trainer by Laura AntoniouThe Academy by Laura Antoniou
Instead of 50 Shades of Grey
310 books — 313 voters
The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret GeorgeThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserHenry VIII by Alison Weir
Best Books About Tudor England
605 books — 1,617 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettTopping from Below by Laura Reese
Is It Just Me? Books You Disliked That Everyone Else Seems To Love
2,085 books — 2,694 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Chosen by Chaim PotokKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
I Love New York City
609 books — 355 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichJulie and Julia by Julie PowellCleaving by Julie PowellGeisha by Liza DalbyJapanland by Karin Muller
"I Did Something for a Year and Wrote a Memoir About It" Books
91 books — 42 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPersuasion by Jane AustenThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Male characters we DESPERATELY wish were real!
1,481 books — 1,179 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,478 books — 2,735 voters
The Dressmaker by Kate AlcottThe Boleyn Wife by Brandy PurdyThe Second Empress by Michelle MoranThe Huntress by Susan CarrollHelen of Troy by Margaret George
Does This Dress Make Me Look Anachronistic?
177 books — 74 voters

Morgan's Run by Colleen McCulloughThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeFlashman by George MacDonald FraserThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard KiplingThe Raj Quartet by Paul Scott
The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire (fiction)
310 books — 196 voters
Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses by Edward GoreyBeverley Nichols' Cats' X. Y. Z. by Beverley NicholsCats' A. B. C. by Beverley NicholsMerry Hall by Beverley NicholsLaughter on the Stairs by Beverley Nichols
Cat Lovers List
1,230 books — 536 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Books You Hate To Put Down
1,523 books — 672 voters
Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
What Not to Marry
233 books — 82 voters

The World of Downton Abbey by Jessica FellowesThe Chronicles of Downton Abbey by Jessica FellowesBelow Stairs by Margaret PowellLady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona CarnarvonThe Real Life Downton Abbey by Jacky Hyams
Downton Abbey-esque Books
599 books — 997 voters
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
IMPAC 2012 Longlist
35 books — 31 voters

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. FeynmanCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse TysonAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,830 books — 3,587 voters
Believing the Lie by Elizabeth GeorgeMoving Pictures by Terry PratchettThe Dashwood Sisters Tell All by Beth PattilloPalaces of Desire by Karen AlexanderPersona Non Grata by Ruth Downie
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 728 voters

Polar Star by Martin Cruz SmithThe Chosen by Chaim PotokThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetCranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Land, the Time, the People, the Life
222 books — 59 voters
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Books 1961
152 books — 76 voters

The Oasis by Pauline GedgeThe Horus Road by Pauline GedgeThe Hippopotamus Marsh by Pauline GedgeAntony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCulloughTwelfth Transforming by Pauline Gedge
Best Egyptian Historical Fiction
193 books — 441 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Books of Your Lifetime
530 books — 172 voters