Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Claire (18 Lists)



The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Critical Thinking
198 books — 136 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,135 books — 1,540 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Everyone's Read It But Me
774 books — 4,322 voters
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen RussellThe Interestings by Meg WolitzerTenth of December by George SaundersUmbrella by Will SelfSee Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2013 Book Preview
89 books — 753 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,839 books — 3,602 voters
For the Union Dead by Robert Lowell
New York Public Library: 50 Memorable Books From 50 Years (1956 - 2005)
49 books — 21 voters

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Oxford American: The Best Southern Novels of All Time
145 books — 91 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,771 books — 26,030 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Guardian: The Books of the Decade (2000s)
52 books — 18 voters
Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Bifocals!
302 books — 52 voters
Jesus' Son by Denis JohnsonThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books I Ought to Read Again
38 books — 30 voters

The Notebook by Nicholas SparksLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,099 voters
The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press
Social science writing and research
28 books — 33 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonOrlando by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,671 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,320 books — 1,342 voters

The Business of Enlightenment by Robert DarntonThe Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darnton
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,831 books — 2,220 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceSwann’s Way by Marcel Proust
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,604 books — 13,152 voters