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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jane Estes (14 Lists)



Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
New Coming-of-Age Titles for Required High School Reading
177 books — 481 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,817 books — 49,851 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriUlysses by James Joyce
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,001 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books Ever
78,965 books — 294,226 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
14,219 books — 10,246 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Young Adult Books
13,330 books — 80,579 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,246 books — 2,581 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,499 books — 1,805 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
2,713 books — 3,923 voters
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,032 books — 897 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Darkest Books of All Time
1,314 books — 1,675 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanJude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,412 books — 1,300 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,829 books — 124,572 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
562 books — 546 voters