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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cathy (8 Lists)



The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,101 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverBoy and Going Solo by Roald DahlEiger Dreams by Jon KrakauerRefuge by Terry Tempest WilliamsThe Same River Twice by Chris Offutt
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,348 books — 11,950 voters

Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,064 voters
Stones Into Schools by Greg MortensonThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,768 books — 6,927 voters

Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainCatch-22 by Joseph HellerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,567 books — 123,990 voters
A Civil Action by Jonathan HarrA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters

Three Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonWest with the Night by Beryl Markham
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,445 books — 7,452 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books Ever
78,358 books — 292,112 voters