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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sean McGuire (17 Lists)



The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Charioteer by Mary RenaultMaurice by E.M. ForsterBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughDuty to the Crown by Rebecca Cohen
Best Gay Historical Fiction
364 books — 568 voters
The Actor and the Earl by Rebecca Cohen
Gay Romance Featuring Royalty/Nobility
507 books — 252 voters

The Actor and the Earl by Rebecca CohenThe Charioteer by Mary RenaultThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerMaurice by E.M. ForsterCaptive Prince by C.S. Pacat
Best Gay Historical Romance
910 books — 1,526 voters
Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
Best Historical Fiction Covers
162 books — 134 voters

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn SchneiderVIII by H.M. CastorBlack Spring by Alison CroggonAsylum by Madeleine RouxBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
YA Books - Publishing August 2013
68 books — 179 voters
The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperThe Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. BarronSword of the Rightful King by Jane YolenThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Arthurian Legend Retold
453 books — 745 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,174 books — 10,026 voters
The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan WolfHow to Survive the Titanic by Frances WilsonThe Time-Traveling Fashionista on Board the Titanic by Bianca Turetsky101 Things You Thought You Knew About the Titanic . . . but D... by Tim MaltinWreck and Sinking of the Titanic by Marshall Everett
Titanic's 100th Anniversary
82 books — 135 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineBeauty by Robin McKinleyStardust by Neil GaimanEast by Edith PattouWicked by Gregory Maguire
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,784 books — 9,159 voters
The Complete Novels by Jane AustenThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics
137 books — 325 voters

The Turncoat by Donna ThorlandZ by Therese Anne FowlerBelle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
Historical Fiction 2013
385 books — 2,103 voters
Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane NickersonThe Caged Graves by Dianne K. SalerniVictoria Rebels by Carolyn MeyerVIII by H.M. CastorThe Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd
YA Historical Fiction of 2013
50 books — 187 voters

Titanic by Tim MaltinA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Watch That Ends the Night by Allan WolfTitanic by Don LynchHow to Survive the Titanic by Frances Wilson
Best Titanic Books
164 books — 224 voters
Anastasia by Carolyn MeyerMarie Antoinette by Kathryn LaskyVictoria by Anna KirwanElizabeth I by Kathryn LaskyEleanor by Kristiana Gregory
The Royal Diaries
20 books — 266 voters

Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day GeorgeSun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
Best Unappreciated Books
4,353 books — 2,184 voters
Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
The French Revolution
231 books — 288 voters

Amber House by Kelly Moore
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,349 books — 10,353 voters