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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wendy (22 Lists)



The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónSnow Crash by Neal StephensonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
6,500 books — 4,957 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsPresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,446 books — 16,346 voters

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,927 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerPygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
Trippy Books
855 books — 909 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniShōgun by James Clavell
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,473 books — 17,695 voters
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Latin American Fiction
893 books — 1,200 voters

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Waterfowl
319 books — 50 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeSuperfudge by Judy BlumeFudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume
Best Books for Reluctant Readers
2,643 books — 2,768 voters

Dragonflight by Anne McCaffreyThe White Dragon by Anne McCaffreyDragonquest by Anne McCaffreyMoreta by Anne McCaffreyDragondrums by Anne McCaffrey
Dragons
1,838 books — 2,559 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Stories For Book Lovers
8,475 books — 8,726 voters

The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaugh
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerInto the Forest by Jean Hegland
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,789 voters

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,989 books — 5,988 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsTwo for the Dough by Janet EvanovichOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Books that Make you Laugh
3,517 books — 5,208 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
262 books — 310 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,465 voters

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,718 books — 25,763 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Historical Fiction
7,898 books — 26,301 voters
The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,771 voters

The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee BurkeRed Sox Nation by Peter GolenbockAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books Ever
78,245 books — 291,845 voters
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,893 voters