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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Heather (85 Lists)



The Notebook by Roland Allen
You Read a Book about What?
4,137 books — 2,415 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinBinti by Nnedi OkoraforChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
African American Science Fiction
263 books — 218 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Afrofuturism
199 books — 134 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodKindred by Octavia E. ButlerContact by Carl Sagan
Feminist Science Fiction Books
240 books — 412 voters

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Books White People Need to Read
1,405 books — 1,675 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirSeveneves by Neal Stephenson
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
227 books — 1,580 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,130 books — 9,167 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodDawn by Octavia E. ButlerOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,725 books — 1,575 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
453 books — 970 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,284 books — 7,794 voters

The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
995 books — 795 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Passage by Justin CroninThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,288 books — 3,468 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Greatest New Adult Fantasy Books/Series Since 2005
86 books — 149 voters
John Adams by David McCullough
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
470 books — 528 voters

John Adams by David McCullough
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,053 books — 15,779 voters

World War Z by Max Brooks
Zombies!
1,702 books — 4,356 voters
What Is the What by Dave EggersWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip GourevitchBorn Free by Joy Adamson
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,843 books — 1,727 voters

Memories of the Afterlife by Michael NewtonThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Best Spiritual Books
1,583 books — 1,463 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanNight Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,295 books — 12,875 voters

The Passage by Justin Cronin
Most anticipated books of 2010
103 books — 362 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
This Is the End...
1,016 books — 1,608 voters

The Stand by Stephen King
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,992 books — 26,649 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of 2009
1,767 books — 6,927 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughA History of Russia by Nicholas V. RiasanovskyBabi Yar by Anatoly KuznetsovApril 1865 by Jay Winik
Best History Books
3,944 books — 4,124 voters
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Rooting for the Bad Guy
689 books — 1,472 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Twilight Collection by Stephenie Meyer
Nope, I ain't gonna read this crap, and I don't care that I can't follow mainstream conversations because of it.
214 books — 124 voters
Night by Elie WieselThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,377 books — 4,922 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanFull Frontal Feminism by Jessica ValentiThe Bitch in the House by Cathi HanauerMy Secret Garden by Nancy Friday
Best Feminist Books
2,814 books — 3,869 voters
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal RinpocheYoga for Wellness by Gary Kraftsow
Healing Care Resources
267 books — 283 voters


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