Escapist Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wendy (9 Lists)



Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Books set in Iceland and Greenland
155 books — 138 voters
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,361 voters

The Village of Waiting by George Packer
Best Peace Corps Books
73 books — 91 voters
Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
Best books for an African Safari
476 books — 524 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseOut of Africa by Isak DinesenUnbowed by Wangari MaathaiAnthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,843 books — 1,727 voters
Observation Hill, a novel of class and murder by Tim JollymoreLaRose by Louise ErdrichSneaky Sheep by Chris MonroeTrue North by Jim HarrisonEnchantment Lake by Margi Preus
Favorite Minnesota Authors
65 books — 17 voters

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Winter Reads
10,132 books — 2,764 voters
The Snow Child by Eowyn IveySnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
14,146 books — 10,186 voters

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,375 voters