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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Paul Spangler (22 Lists)



Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour
Best Books about Palestine (fiction and nonfiction)
273 books — 226 voters
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Best Books For Kids 6-8
130 books — 14 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienHatchet by Gary Paulsen
Books Made into Movies or TV Shows
474 books — 83 voters
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Medicine and Literature
2,057 books — 2,322 voters

Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.
Books White People Need to Read
1,503 books — 1,922 voters
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
Children's Books About Refugees
226 books — 53 voters

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Refugee/Immigrant/Asylee Non Fiction
307 books — 79 voters
Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,704 books — 18,157 voters

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Short Books For Catching Up On Your Challenge
706 books — 192 voters
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas
383 books — 305 voters

The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Most influential books under 100 pages
300 books — 997 voters
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonSomething Under the Bed is Drooling by Bill WattersonThe Far Side Gallery 2 by Gary Larson
Comic Strip Collections
433 books — 49 voters

Collapse by Jared Diamond
Best Environmental Books
1,119 books — 1,292 voters
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson
NPR Best Books of 2013
138 books — 112 voters

Yotsuba&!, Vol. 1 by Kiyohiko Azuma
Best Comedy Manga
72 books — 95 voters
The Pearl by John SteinbeckThe Last Lecture by Randy PauschWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffA Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Quick Reads
1,096 books — 730 voters

The Pearl by John Steinbeck
World's Greatest Novellas
739 books — 1,480 voters
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Best Wordless Picture Books
141 books — 63 voters

Akira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
Best Completed Manga Series
108 books — 73 voters
The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsRound Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
Best Humorous Books
4,496 books — 8,326 voters

A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
YA books set in Illinois/Chicagoland
88 books — 40 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Books Set in Chicago
767 books — 344 voters