Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/16978069-laura-grow-nyberg">Laura Grow-Nyberg</a> (25 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Laura Grow-Nyberg (25 Lists)

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Best Feminist Fiction

1,504 books — 2,673 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century

1,203 books — 8,942 voters

John Adams by David McCullough

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Truman by David McCullough

Washington by Ron Chernow

His Excellency by Joseph J. Ellis

Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)

466 books — 524 voters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

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

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Best Books in the Kindle Owner's Lending Library

281 books — 311 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

The Well-Educated Mind

146 books — 17 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Emma by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Hecuba by Euripides

491 books — 106 voters

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs

MWF Seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche

Skipping Towards Gomorrah by Dan Savage

A Year in the Life

198 books — 318 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Skin by April Lindner

Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

DIY U by Anya Kamenetz

1,381 books — 147 voters

Stiff by Mary Roach

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter

Crazy U by Andrew Ferguson

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

518 books — 310 voters

Columbine by Dave Cullen

John Adams by David McCullough

Quiet by Susan Cain

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis

The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs

Interesting and Readable Nonfiction

3,999 books — 2,012 voters

1984 by George Orwell

The Stand by Stephen King

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

1,243 books — 3,409 voters

World War Z by Max Brooks

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith

Paul Is Undead by Alan Goldsher

1,663 books — 4,318 voters

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

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

Kull by Robert E. Howard

Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard

Jirel of Joiry by C.L. Moore

Recommended by George R. R. Martin

28 books — 73 voters

The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

The #1 Book Everyone Must Read

3 books — 3 voters

The Stand by Stephen King

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

People: What should I read on vacation?

78 books — 37 voters

John Adams by David McCullough

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

1776 by David McCullough

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Truman by David McCullough

Best History Books

3,693 books — 3,730 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymous

القرآن الكريم by Anonymous

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

The Republic by Plato

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

The Most Influential Books

1,480 books — 5,282 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

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

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Best Books of the Decade: 1990s

3,130 books — 3,678 voters

A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Room by Emma Donoghue

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?

13,850 books — 14,557 voters

John Adams by David McCullough

1776 by David McCullough

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

Best American History Books

2,117 books — 2,486 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Best Young Adult Books

13,118 books — 80,161 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

31,417 books — 119,715 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

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

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

The Book Was Better Than the Movie

1,561 books — 18,692 voters

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance

2,511 books — 2,754 voters

John Adams by David McCullough

Best Biographies

1,658 books — 2,942 voters