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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarah (44 Lists)



War on Autism by Anne McGuireLoud Hands by Julia BascomNeuroTribes by Steve Silberman
Best Books for Autism
161 books — 135 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Little Stranger by Vincent Sarah WatersAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerBlindsight by Peter WattsWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,615 books — 1,521 voters

NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman
Best Cognitive Science Books
420 books — 517 voters
Art and Illusion by E.H. Gombrich
Best Art and Art History Books
806 books — 317 voters

Ice by Anna Kavan
Dreamscapes
113 books — 64 voters
Ice by Anna KavanThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonOrlando by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia WoolfSix Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
Readercon Slipstream Canon
113 books — 30 voters

Night by Bilge KarasuIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Metafiction
444 books — 582 voters
Loud Hands by Julia BascomWar on Autism by Anne McGuireNeuroTribes by Steve SilbermanRepresenting Autism by Stuart MurraySongs of the Gorilla Nation by Dawn Prince-Hughes
autism: fiction AND non-fiction
254 books — 236 voters

To Siri With Love by Judith NewmanIn a Different Key by John DonvanLouder Than Words by Jenny McCarthyMother Warriors by Jenny McCarthyHealing and Preventing Autism by Jenny McCarthy
Books Employed to Greatly Harmful Ends
219 books — 225 voters
Alberta and Jacob by Cora SandelPilgrimage 1 by Dorothy M. RichardsonQuicksand and Passing by Nella LarsenNightwood by Djuna BarnesThe Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
Modernism - An Alternate Canon
101 books — 39 voters

Ice by Anna KavanSleep Has His House by Anna KavanDuino Elegies by Rainer Maria RilkeNo Exit by Jean-Paul SartreThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
462 books — 785 voters
The Betrayal Bond by Patrick J. CarnesThe Gaslight Effect by Robin SternSweet Suffering by Natalie ShainessThe Essential Enneagram by David N. DanielsThe Enneagram by Helen Palmer
Best Books on Emotional Health and Healing
187 books — 168 voters

Ice by Anna KavanSleep Has His House by Anna KavanWho Are You? by Anna Kavan
British Experimental Novels 1940-1980
90 books — 43 voters
The Complete Poems by Emily Dickinson
The Guardian's 50 most influential books by women in English literature
53 books — 106 voters

Pilgrimage 1 by Dorothy M. RichardsonElizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
270 books — 210 voters
His Secret Little Wife by Fredrica Wagman
Classical Music themes in Literature
170 books — 116 voters

To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGilead by Marilynne RobinsonLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time
106 books — 985 voters
Representing Autism by Stuart MurrayLoud Hands by Julia BascomSongs of the Gorilla Nation by Dawn Prince-HughesAspergirls by Rudy Simone
Neurodiversity Books
310 books — 306 voters

Ice by Anna KavanThe Waves by Virginia WoolfThe Icarus Girl by Helen OyeyemiOwls Do Cry by Janet FrameTinkers by Paul Harding
DIFFICULT BUT REWARDING
158 books — 68 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanLouder Than Words by Jenny McCarthyAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandHouse Rules by Jodi PicoultLives Like Loaded Guns by Lyndall Gordon
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,037 books — 5,315 voters

A Student of Weather by Elizabeth HayThe Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryEmily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
Best Canadian Literature
2,340 books — 1,150 voters
Ice by Anna KavanMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsPilgrimage 1 by Dorothy M. RichardsonTinkers by Paul Harding
Modernist Literature
188 books — 66 voters

Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von ArnimI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Diary Novels
171 books — 267 voters
Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Lost Garden by Helen HumphreysThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von ArnimMerry Hall by Beverley Nichols
Books Featuring Gardening
116 books — 46 voters

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanVera by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Best Feminist Fiction
1,525 books — 2,691 voters
Tinkers by Paul HardingIce by Anna KavanThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott ChessmanEvery Eye by Isobel English
Best Books Under 200 Pages
957 books — 432 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonObservatory Mansions by Edward CareyA Gracious Plenty by Sheri ReynoldsThe Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeOwls Do Cry by Janet Frame
Best Quirky Dark Novels
137 books — 176 voters
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred TennysonThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenThe Seas by Samantha HuntA Student of Weather by Elizabeth HayVillette by Charlotte Brontë
Unrequited Love
366 books — 193 voters

The Enneagram by Helen PalmerThe Essential Enneagram by David N. DanielsThe Enneagram Made Easy by Renee BaronAre You My Type, Am I Yours? Relationships Made Easy Through ... by Elizabeth WagelePersonality Type by Lenore Thomson
Personality Types
105 books — 65 voters
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott ChessmanTinkers by Paul HardingObservatory Mansions by Edward Carey
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,380 voters


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