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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jamie (28 Lists)



If It Bleeds by Stephen KingThe Final Girl Support Group by Grady HendrixThe Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,996 books — 5,517 voters
Naomi's Room by Jonathan AycliffeThe Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,608 books — 1,518 voters

We Are Water by Wally LambThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition by Paula Guran
Jamie's 2015 Reading Challenge List
2 books — 2 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Passage by Justin CroninWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Gunslinger by Stephen King
Very Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
332 books — 593 voters

Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel HawthorneDracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
368 books — 741 voters
Chesapeake by James A. MichenerAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,809 books — 3,873 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
What To Read Next(And Over And Over Again)Maybe!
157 books — 112 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
A List for Those Who Want to Run Screaming at the Mention of Sparkly Vampires, Fifty Shades of Abusive Relationships, or Other Assorted Mass Marketed Crap
1,203 books — 586 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Books You Have To Own!!!
36 books — 13 voters
Origin to Exile by J.L. Bourne
Amazing Zombie Books
245 books — 217 voters

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Possible Book Club Books
39 books — 15 voters
The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen KingThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingMisery by Stephen King
POWERFUL EMOTIONAL READS!
30 books — 26 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,182 books — 1,598 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettSarum by Edward RutherfurdThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserThe Princes in the Tower by Alison WeirThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
British History from 1066
517 books — 130 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonShutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
2,021 books — 1,667 voters
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred TennysonThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Awakening by Kate Chopin1984 by George OrwellThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books on Loneliness
517 books — 498 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Books You Must Read!
12,054 books — 7,959 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Horror Novels
2,116 books — 5,501 voters

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. HamiltonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Paranormal/Fantasy/Science Fiction Books
2,719 books — 3,288 voters
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultMarley and Me by John GroganThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Tear-Jerking Books of all time
100 books — 161 voters

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Funny as Hell!
2,576 books — 6,508 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyMistborn by Brandon SandersonWicked by Gregory Maguire
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,758 books — 19,087 voters

Doctor Sleep by Stephen KingThe Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
Can't Wait Books of 2013
2,490 books — 11,673 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,018 books — 15,725 voters

World War Z by Max BrooksThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max BrooksCell by Stephen KingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonPet Sematary by Stephen King
Zombies!
1,703 books — 4,354 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,843 books — 22,342 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Ever
78,126 books — 291,278 voters
The Worst Books of All Time
8,112 books — 19,888 voters