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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Leah (17 Lists)



Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Books with the Most Interesting Characters Ever
110 books — 10 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHamlet by William ShakespeareTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Must Read Classics
1,888 books — 4,750 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespearePersuasion by Jane AustenEmma by Jane Austen
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,442 books — 12,169 voters
Possession by A.S. ByattBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoethePygmalion by George Bernard ShawGaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
504 books — 611 voters

Possession by A.S. ByattPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanLaxdæla Saga by Unknown
Favorite Books
15,091 books — 10,683 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Worst Books I Ever Read
335 books — 267 voters

The Complete Stories by Franz KafkaFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoethePerfume by Patrick SüskindMario and the Magician by Thomas MannThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
949 books — 972 voters
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays by J.R.R. TolkienSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain PoetInventing the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor
Best Middle Ages Books
1,316 books — 1,919 voters

Death at La Fenice by Donna LeonThe Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,343 books — 2,667 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Books on the Worst Books of All Time List That I Love
267 books — 889 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne PerryThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisThe Leper of Saint Giles by Ellis Peters
Best Historical Mystery
2,306 books — 4,831 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,362 books — 4,671 voters

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterBriar Rose by Jane YolenSnow White, Blood Red by Ellen DatlowBlack Thorn, White Rose by Ellen Datlow
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,855 books — 9,218 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,663 voters

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,069 books — 26,847 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksPossession by A.S. ByattThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Best Historical Fiction
8,053 books — 26,727 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceContact by Carl Sagan
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,228 books — 2,437 voters