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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Carole (15 Lists)



The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best for Book Clubs
15,318 books — 19,580 voters
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Great "Dog" Books
1,347 books — 1,975 voters

Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
Orange Prize For Fiction Longlist 2012
20 books — 153 voters
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Deferred Gratification: 2011's Most Eagerly Awaited New Books
126 books — 375 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Fictional Crushes
636 books — 579 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierChristy by Catherine MarshallClay's Quilt by Silas HouseA Parchment of Leaves by Silas HouseThe Dollmaker by Harriette Simpson Arnow
Best Books Set in Appalachia
802 books — 845 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Historical Fiction
7,906 books — 26,307 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,972 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAtonement by Ian McEwanBel Canto by Ann Patchett
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,372 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Best of the Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
652 books — 2,249 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakStargirl by Jerry SpinelliHatchet by Gary PaulsenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,468 voters
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,375 voters

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It by Sundee T. FrazierSwindle by Gordon KormanSecrets of the Cicada Summer by Andrea BeatyDragon's Egg by Sarah L. ThomsonFearless by Elvira Woodruff
Cool Books for Grades 4-6
741 books — 576 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters