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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bryan Ball (36 Lists)



The Halloween Tree by Ray BradburySomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzNightmares by Jack PrelutskyThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Bo Hampton
Best Halloween Books
706 books — 730 voters
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkWhere the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Oprah's Book Club Picks
130 books — 2,206 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
506 books — 1,057 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingMansfield Park by Jane Austen
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 7,000 voters

The Hours by Michael CunninghamA Home at the End of the World by Michael CunninghamWicked by Gregory Maguire
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,682 voters
Coming Out Straight by Richard Cohen
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,281 books — 11,620 voters

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Am America by Stephen Colbert
Best Book Titles
12,130 books — 8,539 voters
Number the Stars by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Best Young Adult Books
13,193 books — 80,430 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHell House by Richard MathesonThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Ghost Stories
1,514 books — 1,977 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Hours by Michael CunninghamTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Female Lead Characters
4,895 books — 5,939 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussThe Stand by Stephen King
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,511 books — 123,788 voters
The Hours by Michael CunninghamBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxA Home at the End of the World by Michael CunninghamMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,812 books — 2,203 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,522 books — 17,414 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Favorite books from my childhood
4,498 books — 7,692 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldAtonement by Ian McEwan
Everyone's Read It But Me
782 books — 4,656 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteDracula by Bram StokerThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Ever
78,140 books — 291,429 voters

The Hours by Michael CunninghamFlesh and Blood by Michael CunninghamA Home at the End of the World by Michael CunninghamBrokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Best Gay Fiction
2,698 books — 3,906 voters
The Dead Zone by Stephen KingThe Green Mile by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingBag of Bones by Stephen KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,887 voters

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
Great Cat Books
1,602 books — 968 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2009 Printz Contenders
63 books — 1,482 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,771 voters
The Lorax by Dr. SeussTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best of Banned and Challenged Books
217 books — 280 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George Orwell
This Is the End...
1,014 books — 1,607 voters
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters

The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
937 books — 1,104 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,607 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Horror Novels
2,116 books — 5,501 voters
The Hours by Michael CunninghamDifferent Seasons by Stephen KingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
580 books — 480 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,839 books — 4,979 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Vampires and Werewolves and Witches...Oh My!
1,987 books — 3,027 voters


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