The Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. RoseA Desperate Fortune by Susanna KearsleyMademoiselle Chanel by C.W. GortnerThe Last Queen of India by Michelle    Moran
Historical Fiction 2015
22nd out of 412 books — 2,115 voters
The Girl from the Train by Irma JoubertA Respectable Actress by Dorothy LoveThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahA Desperate Fortune by Susanna KearsleyWhispers in the Reading Room by Shelley Gray
Can't Wait Historical Fiction of 2015
33rd out of 113 books — 354 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Regeneration Trilogy by Pat BarkerWar Horse by Michael Morpurgo
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
71st out of 585 books — 401 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOutlander by Diana GabaldonMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
1106th out of 2,615 books — 2,978 voters

Lost Love's Return by Alfred NicolsThe Thorn Bearer by Pepper D. BashamThe Thorn Keeper by Pepper D. BashamSomewhere in France by Jennifer RobsonThe Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
The Great War: Best World War I Romances
11th out of 72 books — 77 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
744th out of 3,788 books — 3,754 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
411th out of 1,476 books — 2,470 voters
Winter by Marissa MeyerQueen of Shadows by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasThe Heir by Kiera CassEnd of Days by Susan Ee
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2015
941st out of 2,182 books — 11,509 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksGoodbye to All That by Robert Graves
The Great War
197th out of 780 books — 600 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Regeneration Trilogy by Pat BarkerBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayFall of Giants by Ken Follett
Best World War I Fiction
49th out of 152 books — 184 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe House at Riverton by Kate MortonBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughHowards End by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Downton Abbey-esque Books
298th out of 612 books — 1,012 voters

The Alice Network by Kate QuinnMy Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa YoungA Good Woman by Danielle SteelSomewhere in France by Jennifer RobsonThe Lost Soldiers by Liz Trenow
World War One & Two Romantic Fiction
12th out of 59 books — 5 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Canadian Fiction
481st out of 1,042 books — 605 voters

The Jewel in the Crown by Paul ScottEnglish Passengers by Matthew KnealeCopenhagen by Michael FraynTouch Not the Cat by Mary  StewartThe American by Henry James
Moderately Underrated Books (1,000 to 10,000 ratings)
1370th out of 1,956 books — 268 voters
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonMe Before You by Jojo MoyesDinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope OsborneShe-Wolves by Helen Castor
Before and After in the Title
237th out of 827 books — 53 voters

Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferDracula by Bram StokerLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
My Fave's
113th out of 158 books — 12 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueA Company of Swans by Eva IbbotsonBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Summer Before the War by Helen SimonsonA Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson
Fiction Set in 1910s
57th out of 74 books — 40 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAnne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryTales of the City by Armistead MaupinBrooklyn by Colm TóibínAnne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
Boarding Houses
199th out of 219 books — 32 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Help by Kathryn StockettEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot RebeccaA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Top Picks of the Past 10 Years
183rd out of 203 books — 29 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Sink into British-ness
366th out of 749 books — 125 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensBecoming by Michelle ObamaEducated by Tara WestoverEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019
3705th out of 6,622 books — 866 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Yard by Alex GrecianThe Fugitive Colours by Nancy Bilyeau
Historical novels set in England (written after 1950)
151st out of 277 books — 58 voters
Secrets of the Realm by Bev StoutSeptember Ends by Hunter S. JonesBentwhistle the Dragon in a Threat from the Past by Paul CudeKings & Queens by Courtney VailWood, Talc and Mr. J by Chris   Rose
Books You Wish More People Knew About - Part 2
971st out of 1,033 books — 582 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksRegeneration by Pat BarkerA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
WW I books
332nd out of 454 books — 125 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSomewhere in France by Jennifer RobsonBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksRegeneration by Pat BarkerA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
WWI Historic Fiction
148th out of 301 books — 86 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy WeirWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
What we've read so far in...2015
3499th out of 9,748 books — 2,103 voters


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