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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
175 books — 480 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
7,878 books — 49,829 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
1,876 books — 6,999 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
78,325 books — 292,050 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
14,146 books — 10,197 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
13,218 books — 80,481 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,228 books — 2,443 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,493 books — 1,801 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
2,702 books — 3,918 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
2,033 books — 900 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 — 1,732 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
1,381 books — 1,216 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
32,557 books — 123,976 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
561 books — 545 voters