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



Moominland Midwinter by Tove JanssonMoominvalley in November by Tove JanssonComet in Moominland by Tove JanssonFinn Family Moomintroll by Tove JanssonAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Kids Books Ever
1,057 books — 780 voters
The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickSolaris by Stanisław Lem
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,775 books — 25,809 voters

Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto
Amazons, Valkyries, and Warrior Women
698 books — 537 voters
Roadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyGenerations of Winter by Vasily AksyonovMoscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt ErofeevNa poliah A Shropshire Lad by Timur Kibirov
Best Post WWII Soviet Lit
57 books — 74 voters

The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna AkhmatovaThe Twelve Chairs by Ilya IlfAnd Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail SholokhovHeart of a Dog by Mikhail BulgakovDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Best Russian (Soviet 1917-1991) Literature
201 books — 269 voters
The Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLady Macbeth de Mtsensk y otros relatos by Nikolai Leskov
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
238 books — 402 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,000 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellIvanhoe by Walter ScottKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetRoman Blood by Steven Saylor
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,712 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,482 books — 16,407 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,720 books — 17,952 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,844 voters
Leviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestSoulless by Gail Carriger
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,838 voters

Boneshaker by Cherie PriestThe Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia
Best Steampunk Books
1,302 books — 4,141 voters
Cold Magic by Kate ElliottBehemoth by Scott Westerfeld
Cool Fall Books 2010
88 books — 163 voters

Something Borrowed by Emily GiffinAgnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie
Favorite Chick-Lit
2,412 books — 4,626 voters