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Harry Potter Boxset by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
What Book Would You Like To Live In ?
1,883 books — 3,910 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Well Written Holocaust Books
386 books — 1,412 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
598 books — 1,402 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoyevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
283 books — 1,015 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonKiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie MoningThe Dark Highlander by Karen Marie MoningThe Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie MoningBeyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
Best Highland/Scotland Romance Novels
285 books — 831 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books with Rural Settings
788 books — 702 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Best Novels That Take Place in China
200 books — 534 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsThe Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Quirky Southern Fiction
317 books — 513 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa
655 books — 500 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Books
335 books — 445 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughThe Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
Best Books About Ancient Rome
344 books — 439 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternGeek Love by Katherine DunnSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket
Circus/Carnival Books
162 books — 422 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Boarding School Stories
327 books — 393 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryShantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
India
281 books — 320 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken KeseyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathVeronika Decides to Die by Paulo CoelhoIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniCut by Patricia McCormick
Mental Hospital Novels
135 books — 301 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick by Herman MelvilleThe Odyssey by HomerTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Boat Books
306 books — 291 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff1984 by George OrwellA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
London Calling
404 books — 288 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverOut of Africa by Karen BlixenThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Best books for an African Safari
311 books — 288 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMy Life in France by Julia ChildThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books About Paris
268 books — 285 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenEveryone Burns by John DolanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiShōgun by James Clavell
Best books on Asia
409 books — 264 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Down by the Sea
282 books — 215 voters

Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonSometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyGeek Love by Katherine DunnThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Brothers K by David James Duncan
Pacific Northwest Books
385 books — 202 voters
The Last Sunset by Bob AtkinsonOutlander by Diana GabaldonMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Winter Sea by Susanna KearsleyDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Books Set in Scotland
276 books — 177 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Italy
404 books — 141 voters
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiFrom Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. FriedmanThree Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Best Middle East Nonfiction
206 books — 141 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
India: Fiction
116 books — 132 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingTruly, Madly, Deeply by Faraaz KaziShantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Books Set in India
147 books — 121 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Alternate England
109 books — 112 voters

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