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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alexandra (20 Lists)



The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Books Set in Scotland
1,092 books — 689 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Most Over Rated Books
56 books — 12 voters

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Best Guy Gavriel Kay Books
16 books — 31 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George Orwell
1001 Books I Have Already Read
523 books — 459 voters

Baltasar and Blimunda by José SaramagoLisbon by Neill LocheryThe History of the Siege of Lisbon by José SaramagoWrath of God by Edward PaiceUma Viagem ao Tempo dos Castelos by Ana Maria Magalhães
Best on History of Portugal: fiction and non-fiction
133 books — 43 voters
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchFable de Venise by Hugo Pratt
Books Set in Venice
337 books — 280 voters

The Grand Tour by Patricia C. WredeFables, Vol. 3 by Bill WillinghamRant by Chuck Palahniuk
Leituras de 2011 - Portugal
1,844 books — 199 voters
Solar by Ian McEwanMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsTell-All by Chuck PalahniukA Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,124 voters

The Secret by Rhonda ByrneEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsShe’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,010 books — 2,009 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel KayThe Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
483 books — 1,450 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Stories For Book Lovers
8,474 books — 8,745 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddA Short History of a Small Place by T.R. Pearson
Best Southern Literature
1,381 books — 2,605 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Game of Kings by Dorothy DunnettDaughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Fictional Crushes
636 books — 579 voters
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon ShinnLa Petite Fadette by George SandHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingMiss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred WatsonPawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett
Ugly Duckling - Makeover stories
53 books — 76 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezRebecca by Daphne du MaurierLolita by Vladimir NabokovBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Beginning of a Novel
148 books — 170 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonBlindness by José SaramagoO Ano Da Peste Negra by Ana Maria MagalhãesThe Dress Lodger by Sheri HolmanYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Books for a Pandemic
705 books — 579 voters
Baltasar and Blimunda by José SaramagoThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPossession by A.S. ByattThe Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Best Historical Fiction
7,917 books — 26,337 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Love Stories
5,246 books — 9,772 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,829 voters