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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Krystle (8 Lists)



The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
Europa Edition Books
128 books — 144 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtMaus I by Art SpiegelmanBoy by Roald DahlThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,578 books — 3,427 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,770 books — 6,075 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,445 books — 7,448 voters

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best books to read about China
173 books — 106 voters
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,033 books — 900 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Books on North Korea
138 books — 512 voters
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine BooWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip GourevitchIn Spite of the Gods by Edward Luce
Best Books by Journalists
289 books — 106 voters