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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (16 Lists)



Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Animal Rights and the Conservation of Animals
188 books — 123 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Feminist Fiction
1,524 books — 2,688 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanEragon by Christopher Paolini
Most Interesting Magic System
2,700 books — 8,904 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,156 books — 5,437 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,538 books — 17,489 voters
The Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriLife of Pi by Yann Martel
India: Fiction
321 books — 332 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Nazi Doctors by Robert Jay LiftonAnd I Am Afraid of My Dreams by Wanda PółtawskaWar in the Shadow of Auschwitz by John Wiernicki
Well-Written Holocaust Books
918 books — 2,975 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Apocalypses and Dystopias
902 books — 667 voters

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerGristle by MobyFood Matters by Mark BittmanFood Rules by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,254 books — 1,659 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,446 books — 16,347 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,468 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,221 books — 2,422 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,990 books — 26,648 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
What To Read Next
20,924 books — 24,967 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,838 books — 4,981 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Books Ever
78,302 books — 291,911 voters