Readers' Top 60 Books of the Past 5 years

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Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,068 books — 1,885 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens1984 by George Orwell84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
London Calling
1,229 books — 651 voters

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie KinsellaBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingI've Got Your Number by Sophie KinsellaThe Undomestic Goddess by Sophie KinsellaConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
British Chick Lit
301 books — 368 voters
Oliver Twist by Charles DickensBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Books Set in London
791 books — 323 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Chosen by Chaim PotokPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Dovekeepers by Alice HoffmanJoheved by Maggie Anton
Jewish Historical Fiction non-Holocaust
292 books — 319 voters
Blackout by Connie WillisAll Clear by Connie WillisGood Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle MagorianThe Light Years by Elizabeth Jane HowardLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
World War II England
383 books — 268 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Royal Fiction
503 books — 247 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGhost Tamer by Meredith R. LyonsA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
City Life
311 books — 203 voters

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric IvesThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
72 books — 180 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Sink into British-ness
737 books — 135 voters

London by Edward Rutherfurd84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffOliver Twist by Charles DickensA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Books Based in London
360 books — 124 voters
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleGreat Expectations by Charles DickensA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensSelected Stories of Morley Roberts by Morley RobertsOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Victorian London
123 books — 109 voters

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany CavallaroThe Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy SpringerJackaby by William RitterEgypt's Fire by Tom PhillipsEvery Breath by Ellie Marney
YA & Middle Grade Sherlock Holmes
170 books — 107 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Swap by Nancy BoyarskyLondon by Edward RutherfurdA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
London fiction
264 books — 101 voters

Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchNeverwhere by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeMoon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch1984 by George Orwell
Fantasy/SF Atlas--London
230 books — 95 voters
Blackout by Connie WillisThe Raiders and the Cross by Patrick LarsimontLetters to the Lost by Iona GreyThe English Agent by Clare HarveyAll Clear by Connie Willis
The Blitz: Fiction & Non-Fiction
182 books — 80 voters

1984 by George OrwellA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensOliver Twist by Charles DickensMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
London
225 books — 78 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerBound By Blood by Shane K.P. O'NeillThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleBirth Of The Monster by Shane K.P. O'NeillThe List of Seven by Mark Frost
Great Supernatural Thrillers & Horror - 19th Century
45 books — 63 voters

The Dirty Version by Medina FarisThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Incredible Journey by Sheila BurnfordAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
Ontario
313 books — 63 voters
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel PoolVictorian London by Liza PicardSexuality and Its Impact on History by Hunter S. JonesThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate SummerscaleThe Victorians by A.N. Wilson
Victorian Britain (nonfiction)
139 books — 48 voters

The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasAbyssinian Nomad by Maskarm HaileDown Under by Bill BrysonOne Day at a Time 2017 by Hollie Bell-SchinzingThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew Lightfoot
Best Traveling Vicariously II
92 books — 43 voters
Howards End by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Bloomsbury
110 books — 40 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerPursuit of Angels. by Anthony HulseAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Black Dahlia by James EllroyMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Literary Murder.
99 books — 38 voters
At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha ChristieThe Yard by Alex GrecianStrong Poison by Dorothy L. SayersA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Alchemist's Daughter by Mary Lawrence
Mysterious London
189 books — 36 voters

The World Turned Upside Down by Christopher HillGod's Englishman by Christopher HillThe Major Works by John MiltonThe English Civil War by Diane PurkissCromwell by Antonia Fraser
The English Civil Wars 1640 - 1660
89 books — 35 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonFall of Giants by Ken Follett
Books Set in 20th and 21st Century England
413 books — 30 voters

Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWhispers Under Ground by Ben AaronovitchMoon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
Urban London Fiction
117 books — 29 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienRacso and the Rats of NIMH by Jane Leslie ConlyR-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH by Jane Leslie Conly
Tim
76 books — 25 voters

Mommie Dearest by Christina CrawfordMy Sergei by Ekaterina GordeevaMust you go? by Antonia FraserJohn by Cynthia LennonI'm with the Band by Pamela Des Barres
Famous Friends, Family or people I worked for/with
219 books — 23 voters
Eating with Emperors by Jake SmithThe President's Table by Barry H. LandauIn the Kennedy Style by Letitia BaldrigeThe London Ritz Book of Afternoon Tea by Helen SimpsonDining at Monticello by Damon Lee Fowler
Let them eat cake!
30 books — 20 voters

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