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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amy Powers (25 Lists)



Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
2019: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2019
1,424 books — 189 voters
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesDark Lover by J.R. Ward
Fictional males that make you squirm...in a good way ;)
1,562 books — 3,300 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,840 books — 22,458 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsShe’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,844 voters

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent LamA Complicated Kindness by Miriam ToewsThrough Black Spruce by Joseph BoydenThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Great Canadian Books
195 books — 26 voters
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultMarley and Me by John GroganThe Last Lecture by Randy PauschFirefly Lane by Kristin HannahThe Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Books that Made You Cry!
3,367 books — 8,002 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Powerful Books
135 books — 106 voters
Clara Callan by Richard B. WrightThe Time In Between by David Bergen
Scotiabank Giller Prize Winners
28 books — 74 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldThe Birth House by Ami McKay
Canadian Fiction
1,042 books — 605 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of Avonlea by L.M. MontgomeryThe Birth House by Ami McKayClara Callan by Richard B. Wright
Best Canadian Literature
2,343 books — 1,156 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,773 books — 9,052 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,972 voters

The Shack by William Paul YoungThe World According to Garp by John IrvingWe Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
Books So Bad I Couldn't Finish...
642 books — 576 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Shack by William Paul YoungWe Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol OatesThe Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud
Book I Should've Liked
256 books — 152 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia NasarThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,116 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,998 books — 10,921 voters

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Books Ever
79,000 books — 294,156 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,720 books — 17,954 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNight by Elie WieselTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,670 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,222 books — 1,670 voters
Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez
Foreign Lands
2,380 books — 2,270 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters