Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Carolin (45 Lists)



Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Readers Pick Their 100 Best Books of the 21st Century (NYT)
111 books — 51 voters
Agaat by Marlene van Niekerk
Female Farmers
11 books — 13 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriArcadia by Tom StoppardThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria RilkeRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid LindgrenThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,952 books — 121,282 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Young Adult Books
13,147 books — 80,216 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,921 books — 1,759 voters
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieThe Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Best Murder Mysteries Of All-Time
999 books — 717 voters

Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim LessingDer Vorleser by Bernhard SchlinkDamals war es Friedrich by Hans Peter RichterDifferent Seasons by Stephen KingDer Hauptmann von Köpenick by Carl Zuckmayer
Books we read in a German Gymnasium
150 books — 79 voters
Mahabharata by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
Indian Mythology
247 books — 490 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best Historical Fiction
7,487 books — 25,678 voters
We Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoRainbow's End by Lauren St. John
Books Set in Zimbabwe
130 books — 100 voters

Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
463 books — 1,588 voters
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Animal Rights Fiction
52 books — 19 voters

Moxyland by Lauren BeukesDevils Chimney by Anne LandsmanThe Beautiful Screaming of Pigs by Damon GalgutIn the Heart of the Country by J.M. CoetzeeKings Of The Water by Mark Behr
Books about AFRICA or by AFRICAN AUTHORS
820 books — 286 voters
Moxyland by Lauren BeukesDevils Chimney by Anne LandsmanSkinner's Drift by Lisa FugardAgaat by Marlene van Niekerk
Women Around the World
1,163 books — 432 voters

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSix Feet of the Country by Nadine GordimerDevils Chimney by Anne LandsmanThe Beautiful Screaming of Pigs by Damon Galgut
Best by African Authors
409 books — 223 voters
Devils Chimney by Anne LandsmanInvisible Furies by Michiel HeynsGem Squash Tokoloshe by Rachel ZadokSkinner's Drift by Lisa FugardThe Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner
Best South African reads
314 books — 182 voters

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green by Joshua BraffArcadia by Tom StoppardLet Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson
Greenest Books Ever
2,484 books — 592 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMoon Palace by Paul AusterThe Madwoman in the Attic by Sandra M. GilbertNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Books about Books
1,385 books — 1,519 voters

Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
Indian Authors - Indian Books
35 books — 28 voters
Felidae by Akif PirinçciDas Treibhaus by Wolfgang KoeppenThe Clown by Heinrich BöllEine kleine Stadt in Deutschland by John le CarréSpieltrieb by Juli Zeh
Stories set in Bonn / Bonn als Schauplatz
6 books — 1 voter

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeKing Solomon's Mines by H. Rider HaggardIn the Heart of the Country by J.M. CoetzeeThe Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
Best Postcolonial Literature (fiction and nonfiction)
186 books — 141 voters
Agaat by Marlene van NiekerkRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid LindgrenThe Mussel Feast by Birgit VanderbekeNothing by Janne Teller
Women in Translation
931 books — 305 voters

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,370 voters
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriNo One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda JulySix Feet of the Country by Nadine GordimerThe Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar WildeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
2,896 books — 2,041 voters

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Mysteries with the Best Clues, Misleading Evidence or Plot Twists
13 books — 7 voters
Moxyland by Lauren BeukesGem Squash Tokoloshe by Rachel ZadokThe Conservationist by Nadine GordimerAgaat by Marlene van NiekerkWide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Non-American and Non-English Books
189 books — 11 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonIn the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee
Fiction Books About SERIOUSLY DYSFUNCTIONAL Families
54 books — 35 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
World's Greatest Novellas
716 books — 1,448 voters

Dinotopia by James Gurney
Picture Books With Amazing Art
859 books — 343 voters
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,919 voters


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