Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/1629543-sharon">Sharon</a> (32 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sharon (32 Lists)

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Disappointing Books

2,775 books — 4,672 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Best Crime & Mystery Books

7,513 books — 16,709 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Middlemarch by George Eliot

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Best Books of the 19th Century

1,744 books — 6,934 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)

4,849 books — 27,051 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Books To Read Before I Die

145 books — 109 voters

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

The Best Fairytales and Retellings

2,867 books — 9,243 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

33,047 books — 125,397 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

Naked by David Sedaris

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Best Humorous Books

4,502 books — 8,331 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Best Children's Books

5,481 books — 7,079 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

What-the-Dickens by Gregory Maguire

2009 Printz Contenders

67 books — 1,454 voters

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

Best Book Cover Art

12,389 books — 7,091 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Best Books Ever

79,805 books — 297,320 voters

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

Best Books of 2009

1,772 books — 6,932 voters

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner

P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern

Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding

Favorite Chick-Lit

2,411 books — 4,625 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The Best of Mythic Fiction

716 books — 761 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

About Friendship

264 books — 83 voters

Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman

The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman

Collections of Short Stories

2,983 books — 2,096 voters

Contemporary British Novels

514 books — 409 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Atonement by Ian McEwan

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Best Books of the Decade: 2000s

7,208 books — 28,382 voters

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Books about Faery

1,154 books — 2,344 voters

Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only

1,986 books — 3,673 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Middlemarch by George Eliot

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Big Fat Books Worth the Effort

1,878 books — 7,008 voters

1984 by George Orwell

Ulysses by James Joyce

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

I Should Probably Read This Sometime...

12,286 books — 11,632 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Naked by David Sedaris

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

Books that Make you Laugh

3,572 books — 5,142 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Best Books of the 20th Century

7,818 books — 49,892 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Best Young Adult Books

13,377 books — 80,753 voters

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Best Historical Fiction

8,298 books — 27,348 voters

Rabbit, Run by John Updike

The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever

2,739 books — 13,305 voters

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

8,866 books — 26,226 voters

Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

The Worst Books of All Time

8,126 books — 19,912 voters

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