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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jen (109 Lists)



A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithSloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffertyI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,612 books — 6,934 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLamb by Christopher MooreThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Books Ever
78,137 books — 291,337 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,730 books — 5,874 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
483 books — 1,450 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonP.S. I Love You by Cecelia AhernPossession by A.S. ByattThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls WilderI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Love Stories
5,236 books — 9,763 voters
Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,660 books — 2,959 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasKatherine by Anya SetonNorth and South by John Jakes
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,810 books — 3,876 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,877 books — 18,527 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Books With Nerdy, Geeky, or Genius Heroes and Heroines
1,148 books — 1,049 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
All Time Favorite Romance Novels
5,846 books — 12,955 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Shack by William Paul Young
Books You Are Tired Of Hearing About
713 books — 1,011 voters
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,957 books — 1,886 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
14,141 books — 10,136 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayPrep by Curtis SittenfeldThe Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,888 voters

Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
Historical Fiction 2014
406 books — 2,013 voters
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Books with the word summer in their titles
893 books — 128 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
My Dream Leading Men...
2,483 books — 2,487 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreThe Awakening by Kate ChopinWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,510 books — 123,755 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
535 books — 1,890 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Glad my teacher made me read this book
339 books — 401 voters

The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,037 books — 5,315 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Contemporary British Novels
509 books — 407 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Historical Romances - Married Couples
504 books — 918 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Books that Make you Laugh
3,516 books — 5,218 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,095 books — 5,820 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreThe Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,437 books — 2,387 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Hunks in History
209 books — 318 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,521 books — 2,686 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books I Read for School and Ended Up Loving
232 books — 308 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAmelia Bedelia by Peggy ParishThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon ScieszkaPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Most Awesome Children's Books Ever
34 books — 28 voters


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