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Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Kimberly Everett (9 Lists)



The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
1,304 books — 1,780 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,284 books — 4,790 voters

Second Chances by P.J. FialaConjuring Darkness by Melanie JamesBlue Coyote Motel by Dianne HarmanMy Lady Love by Bridgitte LesleyGrit by Karl Wiggins
Possible 2014 Book Club Picks
131 books — 178 voters
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettHer Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Best Books to Make into a PBS Series
478 books — 407 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWater for Elephants by Sara GruenOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThursday's Child by Sonya HartnettThe Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
New Historical Fiction
33 books — 48 voters
Escape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallAnti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard HofstadterThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Gordon S. WoodThe Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand
US Intellectual History
256 books — 121 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
930 books — 2,386 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,534 books — 17,463 voters

In the Blood by Steve RobinsonHiding the Past by Nathan Dylan GoodwinA Haunting at Hawthorn by Gail Grant ParkThe Last Queen of England by Steve RobinsonThe Body in Brú na Bóinne by Gail Grant Park
Stories for Genealogists/Family Historians
139 books — 76 voters