Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/1283225-katie">Katie</a> (26 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Katie (26 Lists)

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Best Books of the Decade: 1960s

1,402 books — 1,786 voters

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books

6,581 books — 5,058 voters

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Books That Exceeded Your Expectations

15,756 books — 18,080 voters

On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman

The Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Voices & Sounds - Best Read Alouds for Young Children

995 books — 917 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

I'm glad someone made me read this book

11,417 books — 11,071 voters

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Read Them Twice...At Least

14,384 books — 12,251 voters

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Midwives by Chris Bohjalian

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Books I Regret Reading

2,313 books — 3,222 voters

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Beowulf by Seamus Heaney

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

Animal Farm by George Orwell

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal

464 books — 1,595 voters

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Immigrant Experience Literature

1,097 books — 1,837 voters

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Night by Elie Wiesel

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

32,928 books — 124,951 voters

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

The Giver by Lois Lowry

What Book Got You Hooked?

4,013 books — 10,977 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik

Best Adult Female Friendship Books

713 books — 1,213 voters

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)

6,417 books — 8,204 voters

The Photograph by Penelope Lively

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella

Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle

What To Read Next

21,087 books — 24,745 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Bless Your Heart, Tramp by Celia Rivenbark

But Enough About Me by Jancee Dunn

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank

Best Humorous Books

4,485 books — 8,334 voters

Crow Lake by Mary Lawson

A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

NBC's Today Show Book Club

78 books — 238 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Favorite Magical Realism Novels

1,370 books — 4,694 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Best Young Adult Books

13,355 books — 80,666 voters

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen

Beauty by Robin McKinley

The Best Fairytales and Retellings

2,863 books — 9,236 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Disappointing Books

2,775 books — 4,671 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Books about Books

1,394 books — 1,522 voters

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe

Collections of Short Stories

2,975 books — 2,094 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography

6,663 books — 8,244 voters

On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle

The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson

Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series

1,227 books — 2,672 voters

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell

The Worst Books of All Time

8,124 books — 19,919 voters

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson

Best Books of the Decade: 2000s

7,204 books — 28,384 voters