Spring Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Casey (25 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,177 books — 11,741 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,218 books — 28,368 voters

The Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,339 books — 4,678 voters
Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
What To Read Next
20,741 books — 24,771 voters

The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush LimbaughCulture Warrior by Bill O'ReillyLet Freedom Ring by Sean HannitySee, I Told You So by Rush LimbaughThe O'Reilly Factor by Bill O'Reilly
Books not to read
319 books — 180 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best History Books
3,862 books — 3,900 voters

Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,730 books — 6,893 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,389 books — 16,200 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books Ever
77,467 books — 289,238 voters
The Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThe Book of Tea by Kakuzō OkakuraIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Lost Painting by Jonathan HarrShakespeare by Bill Bryson
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,119 books — 1,509 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Lost Continent by Bill BrysonThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Location-Based and History-Based Books to Read While Traveling
1,074 books — 554 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
505 books — 1,056 voters

Parisians by Graham Robb
Best Books of 2010
1,576 books — 2,471 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Secret History by Donna TarttRun by Ann Patchett
New England Books
804 books — 390 voters

At Home by Bill BrysonNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Monster of Florence by Douglas PrestonSalt by Mark Kurlansky
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,350 books — 2,461 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,266 books — 8,073 voters

At Home by Bill Bryson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,841 books — 2,229 voters
The Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonAt Home by Bill Bryson
Histories of the Everyday
372 books — 341 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,852 books — 22,263 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Stories For Book Lovers
8,450 books — 8,608 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Literary Fiction
1,558 books — 1,374 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,799 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,877 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,269 books — 122,956 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Fiction
7,737 books — 25,983 voters