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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Debbi (29 Lists)



The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
Read with Jenna Book Club List
91 books — 57 voters
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
[ATY 2021] - Books By The Season
405 books — 71 voters

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Best Books of 2020
1,592 books — 1,948 voters
Circe by Madeline Miller
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2019
92 books — 190 voters

Another One Bites the Crust by Ellie Alexander
Cozy Mysteries 2018 New Releases
230 books — 153 voters
Mink River by Brian Doyle
Heartwarmers
255 books — 235 voters

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
523 books — 2,009 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books Ever
78,972 books — 294,077 voters

On Writing by Stephen KingWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamWild by Cheryl StrayedMy Life in France by Julia ChildTravels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,585 books — 7,853 voters
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters

A Drink Before the War by Dennis LehaneStill Life by Louise PennyIn the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,337 books — 2,664 voters
The Round House by Louise ErdrichThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddBel Canto by Ann Patchett
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,720 books — 17,937 voters
Geek Love by Katherine DunnSometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseySnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Pacific Northwest Books
927 books — 615 voters

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Stories For Book Lovers
8,509 books — 8,987 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,213 books — 2,913 voters

Temple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors
Historical Fiction 2013
423 books — 2,172 voters
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
most anticipated mysteries 2013
153 books — 547 voters

Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
Best Historical Fiction
8,036 books — 26,705 voters
Bird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Creative Habit by Twyla TharpZen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Being a Better Writer
112 books — 58 voters

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
200 books — 548 voters
Freedom At Midnight by Dominique LapierreUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniThe Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Best Indian Fiction Books
937 books — 2,463 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,000 voters
The Way We Eat by Peter SingerGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlComfort Me with Apples by Ruth ReichlThe Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,355 books — 1,691 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisMy Life in France by Julia ChildGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlThe Last Chinese Chef by Nicole MonesThe Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Nouvelle Cuisine
367 books — 249 voters
Chocolat by Joanne HarrisThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniBabette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny by Isak DinesenCrescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
Food-Related Fiction
1,206 books — 628 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Latin American Fiction
904 books — 1,228 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeChocolat by Joanne HarrisEva Luna by Isabel Allende
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,362 books — 4,704 voters

The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Vicars, Priests, Abbots, Fathers, Abbesses, Pastors, Nuns
807 books — 297 voters