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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bucket (20 Lists)



When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,598 books — 6,013 voters
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Historical Fiction - The American South
366 books — 122 voters

The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago
Best Books of THIS Century.
2,249 books — 2,264 voters
She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore
Best Female Lead Characters
4,895 books — 5,940 voters

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
1838 Literary Fiction
5 books — 2 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Unappreciated Books
4,392 books — 2,270 voters

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonaldSuperfudge by Judy BlumeLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Must-Have Series for Children Ages 6 to 12
907 books — 1,324 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
6,500 books — 4,957 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James Joyce
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
759 books — 1,837 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
506 books — 1,057 voters

Richard III by William ShakespeareOthello by William ShakespeareTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareRichard II by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
105 books — 1,244 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAda, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,826 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories by Carson McCullersMemory Wall by Anthony Doerr
World's Greatest Novellas
733 books — 1,470 voters
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt BrechtThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkThe Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
988 books — 966 voters

The Golden Notebook by Doris LessingTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Fiction
1,524 books — 2,688 voters
Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi
Non-American books that every American should read
695 books — 496 voters

The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon by Tom Spanbauer
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,347 books — 4,665 voters
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge DanticatEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Books that Made You Cry!
3,366 books — 7,987 voters

Spirit Filled Life Bible by AnonymousThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Most Influential Books
1,491 books — 5,298 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,887 books — 26,295 voters