Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/180530-meg">Meg</a> (72 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Meg (72 Lists)

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold

The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy

2015-2017 Choice Awards Memoir & Autobiography Nominees

28 books — 19 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Best Books of the 20th Century

7,807 books — 49,790 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

1984 by George Orwell

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads

3,946 books — 5,011 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies

530 books — 377 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers

1,223 books — 1,021 voters

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

I Like Serial Killers

1,016 books — 1,543 voters

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

A Time to Kill by John Grisham

CRIME WRITERS WHO DESERVE MORE ATTENTION

648 books — 390 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss

Best True Crime History Books (nonfiction)

366 books — 237 voters

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Room by Emma Donoghue

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written

3,191 books — 11,287 voters

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016 (fiction and nonfiction)

100 books — 155 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Columbine by Dave Cullen

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events

498 books — 183 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Columbine by Dave Cullen

Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

Lucky by Alice Sebold

Best True Crime

1,344 books — 1,885 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Lucky by Alice Sebold

On Writing by Stephen King

Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies

2,098 books — 1,947 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction and Other (Mostly) True Things

783 books — 425 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Recommended Nonfiction Books

3,959 books — 1,874 voters

Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis

You Read a Book about What?

4,045 books — 2,103 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

Stories about Individuals with Disabilities

678 books — 356 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

194 books — 47 voters

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

Best Books of 2016

1,832 books — 2,783 voters

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

The "Can't Wait" Books of 2016 that are not part of a series

203 books — 298 voters

Life After Death by Damien Echols

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

27 books — 16 voters

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

Devil's Knot by Mara Leveritt

A Wilderness of Error by Errol Morris

Books for Serial Podcast Lovers

58 books — 38 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

A Wilderness of Error by Errol Morris

Buzzfeed's "29 True Crime Books Every Armchair Detective Should Read"

28 books — 21 voters

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Best 21st Century Non-Fiction

1,987 books — 1,280 voters

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

11/22/63 by Stephen King

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

41+ of your favorite time travel books

52 books — 25 voters

Z by Therese Anne Fowler

Historical Fiction 2013

386 books — 2,105 voters

Rocking the Pink by Laura Roppe

Memoirs by people with cancer

99 books — 45 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Engaging Memoirs and (Auto)Biographies

161 books — 74 voters

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Best True Survival Stories

417 books — 541 voters

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Best Historical Fiction

7,392 books — 25,577 voters

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