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The Aviator's Wife by Melanie BenjaminSeduction by M.J. RoseThe Firebird by Susanna KearsleyThe Midwife's Tale by Sam   ThomasThe White Princess by Philippa Gregory
Historical Fiction 2013
20th out of 394 books — 2,116 voters
How the Light Gets In by Louise PennySpeaking from Among the Bones by Alan BradleyLeaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline WinspearDeath of Yesterday by M.C. BeatonNever Laugh As a Hearse Goes By by Elizabeth J. Duncan
most anticipated mysteries 2013
45th out of 150 books — 545 voters

Allegiant by Veronica RothClockwork Princess by Cassandra ClareLover at Last by J.R. WardRequiem by Lauren OliverThe Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
Can't Wait Books of 2013
505th out of 2,491 books — 11,683 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
41st out of 547 books — 266 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Ashford Affair by Lauren WilligHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Historical fiction: Africa
8th out of 125 books — 48 voters
Mr. Impossible by Loretta ChaseAs You Desire by Connie BrockwayThe Other Guy's Bride by Connie BrockwayA Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna RaybournMr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
Historical Romance Set in Africa
4th out of 54 books — 21 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMary, Everything by Cassandra YorkeSpeak Easy, Anne by Brandy D. AndersonBitter Spirits by Jenn BennettRomancing the Rumrunner by Michelle McLean
1920s Romance
12th out of 149 books — 69 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
1616th out of 7,495 books — 25,702 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny HanIt's Not Summer Without You by Jenny HanWe'll Always Have Summer by Jenny HanThe Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
Books with the word summer in their titles
67th out of 893 books — 127 voters
Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuireClockwork Princess by Cassandra ClareReal by Katy EvansEntwined with You by Sylvia DayReckless by S.C. Stephens
Best Books Published in 2013
915th out of 3,585 books — 7,158 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Diviners by Libba BrayThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Chaperone by Laura MoriartyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best 1920s Historical Fiction
44th out of 197 books — 274 voters
A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire (fiction)
67th out of 313 books — 199 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 (fiction and nonfiction)
380th out of 1,775 books — 1,652 voters
A Thorned Rose in the Sand by Lea BronsenWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsBest Laid Plans by Stylo FantomeKaribu Keňa by Hana HindrákováDobrovolnice by Hana Hindráková
Romance Novels Set in Africa
17th out of 112 books — 38 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick
Hunks in History
109th out of 209 books — 313 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJourney to the West by Biao  WangEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Life in a Foreign Country
166th out of 803 books — 399 voters
Chocolat by Joanne HarrisStardust by Neil GaimanAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wizard of Seattle by Kay HooperLady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Vaginal Fantasy in the Twentieth Century
9th out of 34 books — 6 voters

Nowhere But Home by Liza PalmerHeart of Obsidian by Nalini SinghThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionA SEAL's Surrender by Tawny WeberFangirl by Rainbow Rowell
DABWAHA 2014
31st out of 64 books — 47 voters

The Duke of Shadows by Meredith DuranAs You Desire by Connie BrockwayMr. Impossible by Loretta ChaseOutlander by Diana GabaldonNot Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas
Historical Romance From Around The World
22nd out of 175 books — 65 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
220th out of 600 books — 428 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Beach Reads 2013
596th out of 2,203 books — 4,188 voters
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Dry by Jane HarperLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Born in the 1960s - What We've Read in 2018
711th out of 753 books — 52 voters

Seeking Glory by Patricia Hamilton ShookFirst Course by Jenn BouchardMad Love by Lynessa LayneComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa James
Books on the beach
77th out of 97 books — 47 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Recommended Historical Fiction
3199th out of 3,686 books — 3,614 voters

The High Tide Club by Mary Kay AndrewsBlue Jeans and Coffee Beans by Joanne DeMaioTrue Blend by Joanne DeMaioWhole Latte Life by Joanne DeMaioThe Island by Elin Hilderbrand
Books about summer
53rd out of 72 books — 22 voters
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberFingersmith by Sarah WatersPossession by A.S. ByattTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain
262nd out of 302 books — 652 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingCrossed by Ally CondieMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsShiver by Maggie StiefvaterFallen by Lauren Kate
Cold-Colored Covers
1010th out of 1,065 books — 157 voters
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireReal by Katy EvansBared to You by Sylvia DayFifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. JamesThis Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
Swoon Worthy Men
701st out of 766 books — 920 voters

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