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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sasha (19 Lists)



Fates and Furies by Lauren GroffPurity by Jonathan FranzenThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena FerranteHow to be Both by Ali Smith
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,361 voters
The Way We Live Now by Anthony TrollopeAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyBleak House by Charles DickensWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters

Rossetti by Evelyn Waugh
The Pre-Raphaelites
35 books — 22 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienBleak House by Charles Dickens
Size Doesn't Matter - The Long and Large Classics of Literature
303 books — 398 voters

The Scourging Angel by Benedict GummerThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
Best Medieval History Books
833 books — 395 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkePerfume by Patrick Süskind
World Fantasy Award Winners
57 books — 276 voters

North and South by John JakesLove and War by John JakesThe Forsyte Saga by John GalsworthyThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Family Saga Novels
894 books — 910 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellScoop by Evelyn WaughVile Bodies by Evelyn WaughBrighton Rock by Graham Greene
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,259 voters

Out of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,845 books — 1,730 voters
A Suitable Boy by Vikram SethThe Age of Kali by William Dalrymple
Books Set in India
498 books — 424 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Best of the Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
651 books — 2,247 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Literary Mysteries
2,655 books — 4,920 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Books Ever
78,358 books — 292,125 voters
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain
312 books — 663 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsBleak House by Charles DickensVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Victorian Novels
215 books — 533 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingGhost Story by Peter StraubInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Horror Novels
2,121 books — 5,512 voters

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Series
3,542 books — 9,626 voters
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,897 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryKatherine by Anya Seton
Best Historical Fiction
7,920 books — 26,344 voters