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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by MichelleCH (16 Lists)



Slammerkin by Emma DonoghueDamnation Alley by Roger ZelaznyCharlie All Night by Jennifer CrusieThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
There Ought to be a Band
2,423 books — 1,099 voters
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayCloudstreet by Tim WintonA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteJack Maggs by Peter Carey
Historical fiction: Australia
229 books — 117 voters

David Copperfield by Charles DickensGreat Expectations by Charles DickensLittle Dorrit by Charles DickensOliver Twist by Charles DickensBleak House by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens Books
78 books — 49 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Your Top 5 Reads in 2012
716 books — 798 voters

Weekend Knitting by Melanie FalickMore Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle HoversonLast-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle HoversonLoop-d-Loop by Teva DurhamStitch 'n Bitch Nation by Debbie Stoller
Must-have Knitting Books
190 books — 195 voters
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
1001 Books I Have Already Read
523 books — 459 voters

Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanSarum by Edward RutherfurdWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,410 books — 1,684 voters
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Forsyte Saga by John GalsworthyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Dynasties in Fiction
183 books — 61 voters

A Room with a View by E.M. ForsterLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingKatherine by Anya Seton
The Best of the Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
652 books — 2,249 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensEmma by Jane Austen
Favorite Books
14,990 books — 10,626 voters

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLove You Forever by Robert Munsch
Best Children's Books
5,374 books — 6,975 voters
The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirInnocent Traitor by Alison WeirQueen's Own Fool by Jane Yolen
Best Books About Tudor England
635 books — 1,660 voters

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisRamona the Pest by Beverly ClearyThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Must-Have Series for Children Ages 6 to 12
907 books — 1,323 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,060 books — 15,785 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisStealing Athena by Karen EssexThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Virgin's Lover by Philippa GregoryThe Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
Wall Bangers!
748 books — 503 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books Ever
78,299 books — 291,905 voters