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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jen B. (43 Lists)



Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt UnsworthFeesters in the Lake & Other Stories by Bob LeemanFragments of Horror by Junji ItoThe Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan
Horror Short Story Collections in Literature and Comics
87 books — 26 voters
The Joy of Living by Yongey MingyurWhat Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
A Buddhist Reading List
929 books — 1,218 voters

City of Thieves by David Benioff
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,624 books — 70,143 voters
The Panic Switch by Jeffrey L Hammes
Men with Panic Attacks
41 books — 20 voters

My Age of Anxiety by Scott StosselHope and Help for Your Nerves by Claire Weekes
Best Anxiety Books
98 books — 133 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Anti-Heroines
406 books — 206 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Weird, Addictive, Psychological, Must Reads
469 books — 257 voters
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Bibliotherapy: Books for Healing and Happiness
154 books — 27 voters

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Not Your Average Female Protagonist
141 books — 34 voters
Affinity by Sarah WatersThe Séance by John Harwood
Victorian Spiritualism Fiction
122 books — 97 voters

The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
Best Irish Literature
635 books — 723 voters
My Age of Anxiety by Scott StosselHope and Help for Your Nerves by Claire Weekes10% Happier by Dan HarrisAgorafabulous! by Sara BenincasaWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Best Books About Anxiety Disorders
45 books — 45 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
Goodreads Filipino Group - Favorite Children's Books
71 books — 127 voters
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Best Short Stories of O. Henry by O. HenryNine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Collected Stories by Amy Hempel
Best Short Story Collections
1,600 books — 909 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,626 books — 1,552 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Ghost Stories
1,523 books — 1,993 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Gothic Books of All Time
646 books — 3,642 voters
The Woman in Black by Susan HillThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Historical Ghost Fiction
203 books — 351 voters

Hell House by Richard Matheson
Books with Seance Scenes
68 books — 41 voters
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
A List for Those Who Want to Run Screaming at the Mention of Sparkly Vampires, Fifty Shades of Abusive Relationships, or Other Assorted Mass Marketed Crap
1,202 books — 584 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier1984 by George OrwellThe Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabeNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Darkest Books of All Time
1,314 books — 1,736 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
End comes First
61 books — 21 voters

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireAnansi Boys by Neil GaimanDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,277 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
772 books — 461 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Books that Made You Cry!
3,367 books — 8,002 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,933 books — 10,718 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Cornwall
215 books — 112 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,156 books — 1,034 voters


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