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



The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín
Young Adult books set in Ireland
42 books — 27 voters
The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín
Irish YA
145 books — 46 voters

Matilda by Roald Dahl
British Children's Fantasy
103 books — 24 voters
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Best Children's Historical Fiction
847 books — 850 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,333 books — 8,175 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,720 books — 17,942 voters

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfAn Archive of Feelings by Ann CvetkovichSuperwomen by Carolyn CoccaThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Feminist Killjoy Starter Kit
29 books — 2 voters
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Ms. Blog's Best Feminist Non-Fiction Reads: Reader's Choice
589 books — 442 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBeloved by Toni MorrisonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,373 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Recommended by Reading Challengers
6,342 books — 4,908 voters

Quiet by Susan CainSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
101 Books to Read - Nonfiction
314 books — 298 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,753 books — 6,913 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldDracula by Bram StokerMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best Books Ever
78,970 books — 294,087 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenEmma by Jane Austen
Favorite Romances
752 books — 290 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Medicine and Literature
2,011 books — 2,275 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyEragon by Christopher PaoliniSoulless by Gail CarrigerWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,026 books — 2,643 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
525 books — 2,313 voters
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Best Lesser-Known Books
1,719 books — 1,114 voters