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



The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,778 voters
Dreams of Trespass by Fatema Mernissi"Believing Women" in Islam by Asma BarlasPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiA Border Passage by Leila AhmedPersepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Best Books by Muslim Women
287 books — 409 voters

White as Snow by Tanith LeeThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Fairy Tales for Grown Children
326 books — 281 voters
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
TO DIE FOR 2000 - 2015 STAND-ALONES
1,987 books — 5,362 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Best Break Out
2,127 books — 3,996 voters
It by Stephen King
Bring on the Creepy!
717 books — 477 voters

The Taker by Alma Katsu
Creepy, Jerkish, and Generally Awful Male Leads
353 books — 174 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindIt by Stephen KingOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodGeek Love by Katherine Dunn
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,287 books — 11,628 voters

Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,941 books — 2,086 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,287 books — 3,466 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,964 books — 10,854 voters
White as Snow by Tanith Lee
Endicott's Fairy Tales List
72 books — 64 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Books about Books
1,392 books — 1,520 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterMiles to Go by Miley CyrusSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterGuilty by Ann CoulterThe O'Reilly Factor for Kids by Bill O'ReillyIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterCulture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly
1001 Books I'd Rather Die than Read
967 books — 862 voters
The Veil and the Male Elite by Fatema Mernissi
Best Books About Islam & Muslims
723 books — 725 voters

No god but God by Reza Aslan
Iran and Iraq, Ancient and Modern
483 books — 197 voters
The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams
Best Feminist Books
2,803 books — 3,857 voters

Death and the Maiden by Ariel DorfmanWoman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiLucy by Jamaica KincaidMolly by Valerie TrippComfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller
Best Feminist Fiction
1,524 books — 2,688 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books that Made You Cry!
3,366 books — 7,987 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollGeorge and Martha by James MarshallThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Must-Have Series for Children Ages 6 to 12
907 books — 1,324 voters
The Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Best Love Stories
5,240 books — 9,769 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Giver by Lois LowryJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
930 books — 2,386 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGreat Expectations by Charles DickensDracula by Bram StokerThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Must Read Classics
1,876 books — 4,712 voters

The Somnambulist by Jonathan BarnesThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerPersepolis 2 by Marjane SatrapiMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,607 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Gothic Books of All Time
636 books — 3,588 voters

Stardust by Neil GaimanSeeing Redd by Frank BeddorWhite as Snow by Tanith LeeSnow White, Blood Red by Ellen DatlowThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,844 books — 9,206 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLolita by Vladimir NabokovAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,169 books — 11,036 voters

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,771 voters