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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Vanessa (18 Lists)



How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 505 voters
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Best Women's Fiction Novels
2,161 books — 1,810 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,923 books — 6,583 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
540 books — 1,912 voters

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Novels of the American Midwest
348 books — 160 voters
Z by Therese Anne Fowler
Fiction Based on the Lives of Specific Persons
170 books — 39 voters

The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth GilbertThe Flamethrowers by Rachel KushnerLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonLongbourn by Jo Baker
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 817 voters
The Orenda by Joseph BoydenMinister Without Portfolio by Michael WinterEmancipation Day by Wayne Grady
2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
10 books — 20 voters

Three Day Road by Joseph BoydenIn the Skin of a Lion by Michael OndaatjeThrough Black Spruce by Joseph BoydenThe Orenda by Joseph Boyden
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs
1,138 books — 1,174 voters
The Deerholme Mushroom Book by Bill JonesSpilling The Beans by Julie Van Rosendaal
Great cookbooks
109 books — 18 voters

Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
Best Books Ever
78,993 books — 294,151 voters
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Best Alice Hoffman Novel
39 books — 330 voters

Three Day Road by Joseph BoydenThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeWhite Oleander by Janet FitchPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,667 voters
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael OndaatjeLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryA Student of Weather by Elizabeth HayGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,844 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Young Adult Books
13,323 books — 80,576 voters
Three Day Road by Joseph BoydenIn the Skin of a Lion by Michael OndaatjeLate Nights on Air by Elizabeth HayThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Wreckage by Michael Crummey
Best Canadian Literature
2,343 books — 1,156 voters