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



Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. JacobsTolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina SankovitchWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Know-It-All by A.J. JacobsAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
A Year in the Life
257 books — 416 voters
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,089 books — 1,829 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeePeace Like a River by Leif EngerA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThese Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,720 books — 17,951 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best South Asian Fiction
765 books — 1,933 voters

As You Like It by William ShakespeareSaint Joan by George Bernard ShawPope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Girls disguised as Boys
863 books — 1,005 voters
The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,156 books — 1,034 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,712 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
Best Plot Twist
411 books — 661 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best for Book Clubs
15,478 books — 19,980 voters
Blindness by José SaramagoBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters

I Want to Tell You by O.J. SimpsonThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,897 voters
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Best Books of 2009
1,771 books — 6,926 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,951 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of 2008
1,647 books — 6,768 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyLes Misérables by Victor HugoAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books Ever
78,988 books — 294,115 voters