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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Claire (17 Lists)



Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOutlander by Diana GabaldonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëEmma by Jane Austen
Favorite Couples
1,598 books — 866 voters
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Picture Books Featuring Dragons
77 books — 52 voters

Love and Other Near-Death Experiences by Mil MillingtonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonIshmael by Daniel Quinn
Books that really should be known and read by a lot more people (YA & Juvenile Fiction)
1,769 books — 1,659 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksMusicophilia by Oliver SacksEverything Bad is Good for You by Steven JohnsonNPR Funniest Driveway Moments by National Public Radio
Radiolab Suggested Readings
182 books — 242 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Yeah...That's Not Gonna Happen
23 books — 10 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyUlysses by James JoyceAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,185 books — 11,074 voters

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysMaru by Bessie HeadBeloved by Toni MorrisonCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best Feminist Fiction
1,524 books — 2,689 voters
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,375 voters

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleLife of Pi by Yann MartelOn the Road by Jack KerouacPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,703 books — 13,226 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Must Read Classics
1,878 books — 4,717 voters

Babies, breastfeeding, and bonding by Ina May GaskinMisconceptions by Naomi WolfTaking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni WeschlerOperating Instructions by Anne Lamott
Books for Expectant Parents
173 books — 223 voters
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
My Country, the Enemy
395 books — 342 voters

Walk Two Moons by Sharon CreechOld Yeller by Fred GipsonBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Books That You Cry Reading
144 books — 120 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,952 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Disappointing Books
2,773 books — 4,618 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,469 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryBird by Bird by Anne LamottPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
What To Read Next
20,924 books — 24,969 voters