The Great Game by Peter HopkirkKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard KiplingWhite Mughals by William DalrympleRaj by Lawrence James
The "Great Game"
42 books — 41 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMy Life in France by Julia ChildJulie and Julia by Julie PowellRelish by Lucy KnisleyGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
Cooking Memoirs
406 books — 63 voters

Catherine the Great by Robert K. MassieNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserQueen Isabella by Alison WeirEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Oh, Royalty...
379 books — 134 voters

The Silver Devil by Teresa DenysThe Flesh and the Devil by Teresa DenysThis Other Eden by Marilyn HarrisOlivia And Jai by Rebecca RymanZemindar by Valerie Fitzgerald
Great books that deserve a re-issue
168 books — 122 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Fiction Set in 16th Century
158 books — 70 voters
Germinal by Émile ZolaHow Green Was My Valley by Richard LlewellynKing Solomon's Mines by H. Rider HaggardThe Colour by Rose TremainAngle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Mining
150 books — 68 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
3,526 books — 3,541 voters
Nefertiti by Michelle    MoranFlow Down Like Silver by Ki LongfellowRiver God by Wilbur SmithThe Heretic Queen by Michelle    MoranCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    Moran
Best Books About Egypt
491 books — 574 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,832 books — 3,586 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Characters you just want to smack
476 books — 298 voters