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North and South by Elizabeth GaskellLyddie by Katherine PatersonThe Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate AlcottSo Far From Home by Barry DenenbergThe Blue Door by Ann Rinaldi
Textile Mill Fiction
106 books — 33 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëSecrets of Rose Briar Hall by Kelsey JamesAnimal Farm by George OrwellAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Books with Properties in the Title
299 books — 32 voters

Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa KleypasA Fall of Marigolds by Susan MeissnerThe Weaver Takes a Wife by Sheri Cobb SouthNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellStarlight by Carrie Lofty
Soot: Historical Romances Featuring Factories and Mills
28 books — 15 voters
The Duchess War by Courtney MilanA Fall of Marigolds by Susan MeissnerNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellThe Courting Campaign by Regina ScottThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory by Charity Barger
Labor Day: Romance Featuring the Labor Movement
53 books — 13 voters

The Cheese Punchers Ball by Ray TinsleyDeath Rays and the Popular Media, 1876-1939 by William J. FanningIndexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction by Hazel K. BellThe Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan PoeWhat Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool
Just the 'Facts'
240 books — 11 voters
The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate AlcottMrs. Somebody Somebody by Tracy WinnUnravelling by Elizabeth GraverCall the Darkness Light by Nancy ZaroulisLyddie by Katherine Paterson
Lowell Mills
56 books — 8 voters

Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine PatersonLyddie by Katherine PatersonSo Far From Home by Barry DenenbergThe Blue Door by Ann RinaldiCounting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
Textile Mills in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
48 books — 8 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMiael by Grea AlexanderCabello by Grea AlexanderPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Last Motel by Brett McBean
Scariest Fiction Novels Ever
9 books — 6 voters

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris GrabensteinCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlGrey by Jon ArmstrongThe Factory by Hiroko OyamadaThe Inverted World by Christopher Priest
Freaky Factory
38 books — 6 voters
Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine PatersonHis Dark Enchantress by Victoria ChathamCity in Amber by Jay AtkinsonThe Cry of the Street by Mabel FarnumFighting for Bread and Roses by Lynn A. Coleman
Bread and Roses
13 books — 3 voters

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire by Donna GetzingerThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Fight for Worker... by Julie GilbertThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire by Rachel A. BaileyThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire by Katie MarsicoDark Tide by Stephen Puleo
Industrial Accidents in History (nonfiction)
21 books — 1 voter

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