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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kelsey (24 Lists)



Flu by Gina Kolata
Great reads about Life Sciences
105 books — 48 voters
That Fatal Night by Sarah Ellis
Middle grade and young adult Titanic novels
44 books — 52 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
How Capitalism Destroys Everything
208 books — 102 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichShadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,337 books — 8,175 voters

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryUglies by Scott WesterfeldAmong the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
YA Dystopia Novels
2,020 books — 11,559 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanSavvy by Ingrid Law
2009 Newbery Contenders
80 books — 610 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,035 books — 12,508 voters
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson HaddixMagyk by Angie Sage
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,624 books — 70,143 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Best Young Adult Books
13,323 books — 80,577 voters
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilloLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,219 books — 1,583 voters

Maus I by Art SpiegelmanMaus II by Art SpiegelmanNight by Elie WieselThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Well-Written Holocaust Books
930 books — 3,011 voters
Fallen by Lauren KateEvermore by Alyson Noel
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,993 books — 17,971 voters

The Pharaoh's Secret by Marissa MossThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownA Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'EngleOld Magic by Marianne Curley
Books that Intertwine History with Modern day
36 books — 28 voters
Voyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson WhiteEarly Sunday Morning by Barry DenenbergA Journey to the New World by Kathryn Lasky
Dear America Series
44 books — 230 voters

Anastasia by Carolyn MeyerKaiulani by Ellen Emerson WhiteKristina by Carolyn MeyerElizabeth I by Kathryn Lasky
The Royal Diaries
23 books — 269 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,246 books — 6,392 voters
The Red Gloves Collection by Karen Kingsbury
Best Christmas Holiday Books
702 books — 672 voters

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe BFG by Roald DahlHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,998 books — 10,921 voters
Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
Best Manga Book Ever
1,255 books — 3,951 voters

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,663 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterThe Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaugh
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,640 books — 5,990 voters

Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,733 books — 26,972 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
What To Read Next
21,086 books — 24,318 voters