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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Anna (24 Lists)



A Trail of Pearls by D.M. George
Best mermaid books
442 books — 956 voters
The Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanLirael by Garth NixThe Library of the Unwritten by A.J. HackwithThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Magical Books, Libraries and Bookstores
171 books — 134 voters

She’s Come Undone by Wally LambDiary of a Mad Housewife by Sue KaufmanWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyThe Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
265 books — 777 voters
Alice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthBridget Jones's Diary by Helen FieldingWhat Dreams May Come by Richard MathesonIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniOrlando by Virginia Woolf
Books to Big Screen
218 books — 55 voters

Looking for Alaska by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLisa, Bright and Dark by John NeufeldLooks by Madeleine George
Best Books TEEN About real life
185 books — 269 voters
Annie on My Mind by Nancy GardenThe Wives of Bath by Susan SwanEmpress of the World by Sara RyanThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,059 books — 2,685 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambLive Through This by Sabrina Chapadjiev
The Mind
436 books — 462 voters
You Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive by Seth Tobocman
Humorous, Strange, or Downright Shocking Titles
605 books — 353 voters

Come Along With Me by Shirley JacksonHow Beautiful the Ordinary by Michael CartBad Behavior by Mary GaitskillKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockDon't Cry by Mary Gaitskill
Best Fiction Short Stories
670 books — 388 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois LowryFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,994 books — 26,648 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. TepperHerland by Charlotte Perkins GilmanSabriel by Garth NixWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
707 books — 660 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah GreenMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,228 books — 2,443 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Suicide
733 books — 498 voters
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Upcoming 2010 Books
19 books — 57 voters

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah GreenGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesSwitching Time by Richard K. BaerSybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
Best Books about mental illness
86 books — 76 voters
The Black Book of Colors by Menena CottinTales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun TanI Will Make Miracles by Susie MorgensternSeen Art? by Jon ScieszkaTsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa
Picture Books With Amazing Art
870 books — 348 voters

The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,897 voters
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Best Feminist Books
2,821 books — 3,965 voters

The Lost City of Z by David GrannHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Magicians by Lev GrossmanEverything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.
Best Books of 2009
1,767 books — 6,927 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellUglies by Scott Westerfeld
Best Young Adult Books
13,218 books — 80,482 voters

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,029 voters
Little Brother by Cory DoctorowKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockThe Likeness by Tana FrenchBonk by Mary RoachGoodnight Bush by Erich Origen
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,770 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters