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



Alanna by Tamora PierceCrown Duel by Sherwood SmithSabriel by Garth NixShadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
If you loved Throne of Glass
73 books — 110 voters
Monkey Beach by Eden RobinsonSon of a Trickster by Eden RobinsonHalf-Breed by Maria CampbellKiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson HighwayOne Good Story, That One by Thomas King
Best Canadian Indigenous Literature
192 books — 175 voters

The Face of a Stranger by Anne PerryCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Whitechapel Conspiracy by Anne Perry
Regency and Victorian Mysteries
708 books — 491 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeA Matter of Magic by Patricia C. WredeCrown Duel by Sherwood SmithShades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette KowalGlamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal
Fantasy of Manners
297 books — 500 voters

Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoyceIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustMiddlemarch by George EliotJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Most Difficult Novels
599 books — 2,061 voters
The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsVillette by Charlotte Brontë
Women in White
491 books — 106 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroHowards End by E.M. ForsterCarry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Downton Abbey-esque Books
617 books — 1,017 voters
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Steampunk and Gaslight Works
316 books — 424 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Call of Cthulhu by H.P. LovecraftThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
368 books — 741 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Gothic Books of All Time
639 books — 3,598 voters

Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoyceThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence SterneMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,826 voters
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisThe Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
Best Historical Mystery
2,286 books — 4,792 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Gothic Books You Should Read (fiction)
240 books — 177 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Beetle by Richard MarshThe Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
Great Supernatural Thrillers & Horror - 19th Century
58 books — 68 voters

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingGood Night, Mr. Holmes by Carole Nelson DouglasA Study in Sherlock by Laurie R. KingThe Moor by Laurie R. King
Best Sherlock Holmes Pastiches
484 books — 503 voters
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisThe Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
1,020 books — 1,271 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters