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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyScaramouche by Rafael SabatiniLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Fiction Set During French Revolution
34 books — 62 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Worst Fathers in Books
57 books — 20 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Raiding your Friends' Book Lists
93 books — 18 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Books to Take into Hibernation
29 books — 21 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Counterpunch: 100 Best Novels in English, Since 1900
100 books — 23 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Winter Break Reading
20 books — 18 voters

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop by Erle Stanley GardnerSynthetic Men of Mars by Edgar Rice BurroughsKnight of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
Best Book 9s in a Series
241 books — 34 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Civil War Fiction
100 books — 39 voters

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Victorian Asylums
54 books — 69 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The Best Fiction/Fantasy Books
40 books — 38 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Black Dahlia by James EllroyThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Read the Book AND Watched the Movie
161 books — 9 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Great fiction with great cover art
108 books — 14 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Books that use and take clothes seriously
29 books — 12 voters
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Lone Star List 2013
26 books — 23 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Adventure Books
41 books — 46 voters
Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. ArmentroutSilence by Becca FitzpatrickFallen by Lauren Kate
YA Fiction Mentioning Memory Loss
141 books — 84 voters

The Mortal Instruments Boxed Set by Cassandra ClareBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaClockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
YA fantasy/ YA fiction novels for teens
44 books — 14 voters
1984 by George OrwellWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDracula by Bram StokerThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
100 Best Novels
103 books — 15 voters

The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay BurokerDune by Frank Herbert
Fantastical Worlds
49 books — 20 voters
Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout
YA Missing Persons
105 books — 41 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDracula by Bram Stoker
best amongst the best
44 books — 7 voters
The Mortal Instruments Boxed Set by Cassandra Clare
Predictable Endings
11 books — 8 voters

Shadow's Claim by Kresley Cole
On a Journey of the Heart
91 books — 27 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Summer Reading Recommendations 2015
93 books — 24 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction Philosophy Novels
34 books — 26 voters
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Stories to Carry You Away
61 books — 44 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Best Contemporary Fiction Recommended By My Mother (and her friends)
53 books — 34 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Books for Escape
76 books — 20 voters

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Bubonic Plague
96 books — 57 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Good Books for Boys Written by Men
249 books — 64 voters