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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Melanie (25 Lists)



My Funny Valentine by J.A. Culican
2023 book coming soon (pt1)
172 books — 339 voters
Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman
Celebrate Horror 2021
63 books — 18 voters

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,998 books — 10,921 voters
Annie John by Jamaica KincaidThe Dew Breaker by Edwidge DanticatMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieWaiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
Best Postcolonial Literature (fiction and nonfiction)
186 books — 141 voters

Lamb by Christopher MooreBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Humorous Books
4,449 books — 8,327 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,000 voters

They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky by Benson DengSpeak Rwanda by Julian R. PierceMalaria Dreams by Stuart StevensThe Power of One by Bryce CourtenayWhat Is the What by Dave Eggers
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,892 books — 1,775 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of 2009
1,771 books — 6,926 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
1,393 books — 2,611 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,663 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Tooth Fairy by Graham JoyceFangland by John Marks
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
710 books — 552 voters
Swan Song by Robert McCammonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
1,244 books — 2,814 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Beach by Alex GarlandThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,684 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsBetween the Assassinations by Aravind AdigaThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Golden City by John Twelve Hawks
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,029 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,840 books — 22,454 voters
Swan Song by Robert McCammonThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Bram Stoker Award Winners
61 books — 110 voters

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Monsters of Templeton by Lauren GroffThe Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Best Releases of 2008
230 books — 614 voters
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,454 books — 12,133 voters

Malaria Dreams by Stuart StevensMen of Salt by Michael BenanavLooking for Lovedu by Ann JonesNight Train to Turkistan by Stuart StevensNine Hills to Nambonkaha by Sarah Erdman
Have Passport Will Travel
713 books — 607 voters
The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodLife of Pi by Yann MartelHeat and Dust by Ruth Prawer JhabvalaMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 2,002 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Road by Cormac McCarthyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,712 voters

The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren GroffUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Books of 2008
1,647 books — 6,768 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodArmageddon's Children by Terry BrooksInto the Forest by Jean Hegland
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,771 books — 25,807 voters