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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarah (17 Lists)



The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
2020: What the Over-35s are Reading
2,870 books — 188 voters
Milkman by Anna BurnsHippie Food by Jonathan KauffmanH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
2020: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2020
6,368 books — 848 voters

Middlemarch by George Eliot
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,771 books — 6,082 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Reese Witherspoon's Book Club x Hello Sunshine
115 books — 437 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,134 voters
Lucky by Alice Sebold
Best True Crime
1,462 books — 2,100 voters

Milkman by Anna BurnsKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019
6,621 books — 866 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
100 Notable Books of 2017 - The New York Times
100 books — 93 voters

Beloved by Toni Morrison
The New York Times Best Works of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years
40 books — 92 voters
Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
New York Review Books - Classics
632 books — 904 voters

Queenpin by Megan AbbottThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsBig Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,489 books — 3,559 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanQueenpin by Megan AbbottBad Feminist by Roxane GayCalypso by David SedarisThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
2018: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2018
6,938 books — 978 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Audiobooks
1,624 books — 1,152 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,420 books — 8,093 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,254 books — 1,659 voters
Catch a Fire by Timothy WhiteGather Together in My Name by Maya AngelouAssata by Assata ShakurMy Life in France by Julia ChildAll Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,432 books — 7,397 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,096 books — 5,823 voters