The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Virgin's Lover by Philippa GregoryMontfort by Katherine AsheThe White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Historical Howlers
98 books — 37 voters
The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserLove and Louis XIV by Antonia FraserThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainCleopatra by Stacy SchiffThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Woman behind the man
102 books — 21 voters

The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerGoodbye to All That by Robert GravesThe Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Post-Coital Literature
100 books — 25 voters
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwanThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelDominion by C.J. SansomThe Round House by Louise Erdrich
Impac Dublin Award 2014 Long List
30 books — 28 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna TarttAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Circle by Dave EggersThe Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
164 books — 695 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Godfather by Mario PuzoRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Favorite Book/Film Adaptations
253 books — 64 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Help by Kathryn StockettCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Books That You Will Never Forget
3,158 books — 1,202 voters
Legal Briefs by N.M. SilberThe King by J.R. WardMy Clarity by M.  ClarkeCaptive by Samantha JacobeyCity of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
2014 Reads You Don't Want To Miss
929 books — 1,207 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,311 books — 1,552 voters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahamePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenIvanhoe by Walter ScottThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Mentioned in Downton Abbey
36 books — 15 voters