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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Athena (17 Lists)



Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickMutiny on the Bounty by Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Boat Books
773 books — 503 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Everyone's Read It But Me
782 books — 4,665 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickLongitude by Dava SobelCod by Mark KurlanskyIsaac's Storm by Erik Larson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,865 books — 2,248 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,390 books — 1,995 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingLord of the Flies by William GoldingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,985 voters
On the Road by Jack KerouacLove Story by Erich Segal
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,892 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 6,997 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Stories For Book Lovers
8,475 books — 8,722 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
I read the first one and didn't feel compelled to finish the trilogy/series
885 books — 2,054 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Vampires and Werewolves and Witches...Oh My!
1,990 books — 3,029 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanLord of the Flies by William Golding
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,287 books — 11,628 voters
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,459 books — 17,680 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,167 books — 11,035 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerCharlotte's Web by E.B. WhitePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Books on the Worst Books of All Time List That I Love
267 books — 889 voters

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline KellyEnvy by Anna GodbersenSense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,840 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Holy Bible by AnonymousBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,531 books — 123,861 voters

The Shack by William Paul YoungMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John GrayThe Audacity of Hope by Barack ObamaAn Inconvenient Truth by Al GoreStupid White Men by Michael Moore
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters