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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Laura (15 Lists)



Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Derivatives of Jane Eyre
181 books — 168 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian Books
538 books — 1,095 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,764 books — 25,798 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakMillie's Marvellous Hat by Satoshi KitamuraEl higo más dulce by Chris Van AllsburgWhat's Wrong with My Hair? by Satoshi KitamuraMon amour by Beatrice Alemagna
Best Picture Books
3,206 books — 2,114 voters

Survival in Auschwitz by Primo LeviIf This Is a Man / The Truce by Primo Levi
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
347 books — 254 voters
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,496 books — 1,369 voters

The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis BorgesMatilda by Roald Dahl
Books about Books
1,394 books — 1,522 voters
Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
540 books — 1,912 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Children's Books
5,417 books — 7,028 voters
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Best Paul Auster Books
25 books — 117 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHamlet by William ShakespeareA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,067 books — 18,859 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataKokoro by Natsume SōsekiThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
Best Japanese Books
779 books — 3,259 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
78,959 books — 294,033 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,838 books — 124,636 voters