The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Swashbucklers
30th out of 559 books — 497 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
247th out of 3,686 books — 3,614 voters

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Best Children's Historical Fiction
117th out of 831 books — 831 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
300th out of 1,716 books — 6,885 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
325th out of 2,539 books — 2,805 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
198th out of 1,362 books — 1,593 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayNumber the Stars by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Teen Historical Fiction
248th out of 1,405 books — 3,099 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
1039th out of 7,495 books — 25,702 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Burning Bridge by John FlanaganReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Black Arrow by Robert Louis StevensonMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Archery
4th out of 146 books — 40 voters
Black Beauty by Anna SewellThe Black Cauldron by Lloyd AlexanderThe Black Stallion by Walter FarleyThe Black Tower by Louis BayardThe Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Black...
5th out of 798 books — 44 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldEon by Alison GoodmanIn the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
Girls disguised as Boys
167th out of 852 books — 961 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussBlack Beauty by Anna SewellAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
BOOKS WITH 'COLORFUL' TITLES
52nd out of 1,082 books — 89 voters

Heat of Paris by Peter BreyerShōgun by James ClavellBeing Lucy by Dale Lorna JacobsenLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Great Historical Fiction
35th out of 311 books — 165 voters
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe Red Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
Historical fiction: The Wars of the Roses
30th out of 87 books — 176 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonHoles by Louis SacharEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best YA Guy Reads
42nd out of 357 books — 194 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
115th out of 378 books — 414 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrTwo Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Literary Historical Fiction
253rd out of 1,141 books — 1,088 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
12710th out of 76,958 books — 286,419 voters

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa GregoryThe Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Fiction Set in 15th Century
20th out of 77 books — 49 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonThe Black Arrow by Robert Louis StevensonUnder the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
Robert Louis Stevenson
4th out of 25 books — 18 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHoles by Louis SacharEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Books for Teen Boys
442nd out of 1,446 books — 1,554 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Favorite books from my childhood
2408th out of 4,430 books — 7,441 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Victorian Children's Books
49th out of 63 books — 47 voters
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas WigginAgnes Grey by Anne BrontëVillette by Charlotte BrontëA Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-PorterMansfield Park by Jane Austen
Classic books that deserve new movie/TV adaptations
12th out of 32 books — 20 voters

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. SeussThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Kaleidoscope of Colors
890th out of 2,421 books — 206 voters
Black Beauty by Anna SewellRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Black and White
89th out of 874 books — 40 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Classics 1830-1900
48th out of 172 books — 12 voters
Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Best Action-Adventure Novels
874th out of 2,578 books — 2,771 voters

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark TwainHans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes DodgeCall It Courage by Armstrong SperryJohnny Tremain by Esther ForbesDavy Crockett by Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft
Disney TV Movies
8th out of 32 books — 3 voters

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