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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Libby Thompson (134 Lists)



Tennessee Williams by John Lahr
2014 National Book Awards Longlist
40 books — 75 voters
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Best Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Novels Of 2011
271 books — 1,000 voters

A Song for Issy Bradley by Carys Bray
Binders Recommend
143 books — 27 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,754 books — 6,913 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Is It Just Me? Books You Disliked That Everyone Else Seems To Love
2,064 books — 2,686 voters

I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,049 books — 3,981 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Abandoned Books
1,463 books — 1,461 voters

North and South by Elizabeth GaskellPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Novels of Domestic Life
424 books — 140 voters
The Little Ottleys by Ada Leverson
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
270 books — 211 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna TarttLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 817 voters
The Code Book by Simon Singh
Best Books About Mathematics
458 books — 675 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
78,993 books — 294,136 voters
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Good Yarns: Knitting Fiction
187 books — 274 voters

The Blackhouse by Peter May
my favourite British crime novels
31 books — 22 voters
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2012
151 books — 268 voters

Mr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell
40+ Main Characters
334 books — 88 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Best Literary Mysteries
2,684 books — 5,101 voters

Dead Water by Ann CleevesThe Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
most anticipated mysteries 2013
153 books — 547 voters
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,192 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
167 books — 699 voters
Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
Best of Brontë
23 books — 420 voters

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
2013: The Over 35s favourite books of 2013
480 books — 107 voters
This Sporting Life by David Storey
"State of the Nation" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
135 books — 67 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoFingersmith by Sarah Waters
Best Historical Mystery
2,299 books — 4,830 voters
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
2013: From Print to the Big Screen
34 books — 59 voters

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
I Will Read Absolutely Anything S/He Writes
1,026 books — 342 voters
84 Charing Cross Road. by Helene Hanff
Books I'll never forget.
40 books — 13 voters


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