Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/22943067-sarah">Sarah</a> (29 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarah (29 Lists)

The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra

[ATY 2021] - Short Stories, Essays, or Poetry

408 books — 80 voters

The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra

Best Short Stories

1,767 books — 1,079 voters

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

The Birthday of the World and Other Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies

Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson

Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken

Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections

121 books — 73 voters

Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Most Under-rated Science Fiction

2,135 books — 2,296 voters

My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

Best Books Ever

77,774 books — 290,222 voters

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Best Science Fiction

3,796 books — 7,399 voters

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich

Two Old Women by Velma Wallis

Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

The Woman Who Married a Bear by John Straley

Native American Fiction

840 books — 642 voters

McCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy

Find Your Next Vacation...in a Book!

350 books — 269 voters

Biggest Elvis by P.F. Kluge

The Ha-Ha by Dave King

Songdogs by Colum McCann

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

Best Books You've Probably Never Read

621 books — 415 voters

My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

14,878 books — 10,461 voters

Little, Big by John Crowley

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Favorite Magical Realism Novels

1,331 books — 4,619 voters

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

3,921 books — 26,242 voters

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher

"After the blowup there was radiation and stuff" - post apocalyptic

106 books — 57 voters

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland

1,383 books — 1,632 voters

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Books You Would Recommend to Strangers

12,973 books — 8,436 voters

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons

Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress

Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George

Music of the Swamp by Lewis Nordan

Quirky Southern Fiction

975 books — 1,916 voters

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Best School Assigned Books

766 books — 2,059 voters

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Dune by Frank Patrick Herbert

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

8,663 books — 25,191 voters

My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

32,360 books — 123,403 voters

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

The Most Deserving Newbery

127 books — 3,016 voters

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1,318 books — 5,867 voters

Lamb by Christopher Moore

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Best Humorous Books

4,393 books — 8,021 voters

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

It by Stephen King

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written

3,266 books — 11,597 voters

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Favorite books from my childhood

4,487 books — 7,655 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever

2,679 books — 13,204 voters

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Lamb by Christopher Moore

Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

The Book of Bunny Suicides by Andy Riley

Best Dark Humor

732 books — 1,638 voters

Lamb by Christopher Moore

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Books that Make you Laugh

3,516 books — 5,218 voters

Lamb by Christopher Moore

Dark hilarious witty books

182 books — 156 voters

Songdogs by Colum McCann

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

McCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy

Best Irish Literature

633 books — 722 voters