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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Heather (30 Lists)



Still Life by Louise PennyA Trick of the Light by Louise PennyThe Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
Best Canadian Literature
2,343 books — 1,156 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsKindred by Octavia E. ButlerTime and Again by Jack FinneyHollow World by Michael J. SullivanTime and Time Again by Ben Elton
Time Travel
370 books — 308 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Diary of a Nobody by George GrossmithReggiecide by Chris DolleyWhat Ho, Automaton! by Chris Dolley
Best Humor Writing
872 books — 989 voters
Novecento. Un monologo by Alessandro Baricco
IT: libri con voto medio più alto
13 books — 5 voters

Sostiene Pereira by Antonio Tabucchi
Libri dalla copertina rossa
355 books — 74 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternPrecious Bane by Mary Webb
True Love
344 books — 197 voters

Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,464 books — 10,292 voters
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistBloodsucking Fiends by Christopher MooreAnno Dracula by Kim NewmanThe Radleys by Matt Haig
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,860 books — 5,036 voters

The Riverman by Aaron Starmer
Newbery 2015
142 books — 585 voters
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Beyond Conan Doyle - Best of the Continuing Cases of Sherlock Holmes
274 books — 270 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
The Best Shakespeare Plays
39 books — 171 voters
Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs by Gene WeingartenI, Jack by Patricia FinneyThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloStick Dog Wants a Hamburger by Tom Watson
Great "Dog" Books
1,354 books — 2,005 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrMr. Timothy by Louis BayardThe Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
Best Historical Mystery
2,299 books — 4,830 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,480 books — 16,398 voters

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles DickensThe First Man by Albert Camus
Best Known Unfinished Novels/Series
62 books — 81 voters
Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco
18 books — 46 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,233 books — 15,906 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
710 books — 1,202 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeThe Caravaners by Elizabeth von Arnim
The Starship Book List
2,776 books — 247 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Books I Regret Reading
2,313 books — 3,223 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussStorm Front by Jim ButcherThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieWorld War Z by Max Brooks
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,230 books — 2,887 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonShiver by Maggie StiefvaterThe Help by Kathryn StockettFound by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,649 books — 18,007 voters

The Alienist by Caleb Carr
I Love New York City
611 books — 379 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Books That Made You Cry
1,609 books — 3,292 voters

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterMirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,855 books — 9,218 voters
The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart
Well-Written Holocaust Books
930 books — 3,011 voters

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,029 voters
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura WhitcombThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,620 books — 70,140 voters

Anansi Boys by Neil GaimanThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Intro to Science Fiction for Young Readers
1,458 books — 1,760 voters