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



The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan EngThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Best for Backpacking through Southeast Asia
318 books — 340 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Hold Your Attention Books
182 books — 43 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
752 books — 1,929 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Dark Humor
735 books — 1,645 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWild Swans by Jung ChangLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,574 books — 3,418 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Stories For Book Lovers
8,473 books — 8,732 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone Girl by Gillian FlynnMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Books You Must Read!
12,100 books — 8,042 voters
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
2017: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,678 books — 202 voters

Wild Swans by Jung ChangEmpress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang
Best Novels That Take Place in China
431 books — 1,103 voters