Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (25 Lists)



The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Greatest Eastern European Classics
441 books — 259 voters
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Books Set in Maine
696 books — 227 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBonk by Mary RoachSpook by Mary RoachGulp by Mary Roach
You Read a Book about What?
4,084 books — 2,141 voters
Galileo's Daughter by Dava SobelStiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBonk by Mary RoachAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,236 books — 8,067 voters

A Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinNight Watch by Terry Pratchett
Best Fantasy World
1,655 books — 1,993 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Penny Dreadful Reading List
25 books — 3 voters

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read
1,360 books — 1,487 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonNight Watch by Terry PratchettDragonfly in Amber by Diana GabaldonVoyager by Diana GabaldonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,012 books — 5,311 voters

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora PierceAbhorsen by Garth NixMagic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,538 books — 18,378 voters
Flotsam by David WiesnerThe Arrival by Shaun TanThe Snowman by Raymond BriggsWave by Suzy Lee
Wordless Picture Books
425 books — 388 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
Radiolab Suggested Readings
181 books — 241 voters
Bloody Jack by L.A. MeyerThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperThe Wake of the Lorelei Lee by L.A. MeyerRapture of the Deep by L.A. Meyer
best adventure books
222 books — 96 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanScience Ink by Carl ZimmerWagner Without Fear by William BergerThe Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross
Radiolab Bookshelf
85 books — 17 voters
Bloody Jack by L.A. MeyerThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAlanna by Tamora PierceSabriel by Garth Nix
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,121 books — 8,715 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettA Hat Full of Sky by Terry PratchettWintersmith by Terry PratchettNation by Terry Pratchett
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,973 books — 2,837 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanMoon Called by Patricia BriggsMagic Bites by Ilona Andrews
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,448 books — 12,580 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Historical Fiction
7,534 books — 25,741 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSabriel by Garth Nix
Strong Heroine Series
1,638 books — 2,091 voters

The Color of Magic by Terry PratchettThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee StewartThe Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora PierceThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Series Reading List
1,432 books — 2,974 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanSabriel by Garth NixThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,106 books — 11,823 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardCoraline by Neil GaimanDune by Frank HerbertThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
My Essential Speculative Fiction Library
49 books — 41 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Quality Dark Fiction
2,546 books — 3,261 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Best Young Adult Books
13,156 books — 80,228 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,995 voters

Persuasion by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenWives and Daughters by Elizabeth GaskellReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch
Women
354 books — 99 voters