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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Matt Barger (13 Lists)



Trickster by Matt DembickiThe Sun's Daughter by Pat ShermanThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieUp and Down the Andes by Laurie KrebsCoyote and the Turtle's Dream by Terry Lofton
Best Children's and Young Adult Books about Ancient Americas
162 books — 23 voters
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
2012 Mock Caldecott
86 books — 193 voters

The Student Conductor by Robert FordBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Kreutzer Sonata by Leo TolstoyThe Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Classical Music themes in Literature
170 books — 116 voters
The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
The Christian Intellect
1,302 books — 904 voters

The Island Of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsMr. Paradise by Elmore LeonardThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Manfiction
2,219 books — 553 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Whipping Boy by Sid FleischmanSounder by William H. ArmstrongHoles by Louis Sachar
The Most Deserving Newbery
132 books — 3,028 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,826 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,467 voters

On the Laps of Gods by Robert Whitaker
Books about the year 1919
93 books — 22 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everyone's Read It But Me
782 books — 4,674 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerBel Canto by Ann PatchettAssassination Vacation by Sarah VowellLife of Pi by Yann MartelFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 22,370 voters