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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
244 books — 370 voters
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,068 books — 1,773 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
15,538 books — 17,489 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
752 books — 1,929 voters

As You Like It by William ShakespeareSaint Joan by George Bernard ShawPope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Girls disguised as Boys
859 books — 982 voters
The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,151 books — 1,032 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best Historical Fiction
7,908 books — 26,310 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
Best Plot Twist
408 books — 657 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
15,318 books — 19,582 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
3,990 books — 26,648 voters

I Want to Tell You by O.J. SimpsonThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,895 voters
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Best Books of 2009
1,767 books — 6,927 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 — 3,943 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,770 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyLes Misérables by Victor HugoAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books Ever
78,303 books — 291,914 voters