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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Phyllis (23 Lists)



A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Best Woman-Authored Books
9,006 books — 6,872 voters
The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
104 books — 257 voters

The Likeness by Tana FrenchThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakBroken Harbour by Tana FrenchThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyA Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,219 books — 1,264 voters
Sharp Objects by Gillian FlynnUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,292 books — 11,682 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels
100 books — 295 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisLamb by Christopher MooreA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,479 books — 8,332 voters

Ether Day by Julie M. FensterThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellThunderstruck by Erik LarsonUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,885 books — 2,276 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly ClearyRamona the Pest by Beverly ClearyThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
Favorite books from my childhood
4,507 books — 7,730 voters

Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob SheffieldNo One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry HopkinsRiders on the Storm by John Densmore
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,511 books — 1,442 voters
Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,789 books — 3,060 voters

Night by Elie WieselA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Oprah's Book Club Picks
133 books — 2,208 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,876 books — 124,797 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
622 books — 2,772 voters
A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreLamb by Christopher MooreDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisFool by Christopher Moore
Books that Make you Laugh
3,569 books — 5,141 voters

It by Stephen KingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,655 books — 18,679 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,209 books — 28,383 voters

Black Like Me by John Howard GriffinNight by Elie WieselMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,636 books — 8,098 voters
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk KiddWater for Elephants by Sara GruenMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Book Cover Art
12,386 books — 7,092 voters

Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman
Best Alice Hoffman Novel
39 books — 331 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Best Historical Fiction
8,137 books — 26,981 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,824 books — 49,871 voters