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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (28 Lists)



Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
Great Books about Food
480 books — 161 voters
Seabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandBeautiful Jim Key by Mim Eichler RivasRenegade Champion by Richard R. RustThe Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth LettsSecretariat by William Nack
Literary Horse Non-Fiction
214 books — 29 voters

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron HansenTrue Grit by Charles Portis
Literary Westerns
292 books — 405 voters
Wildfire by Sarah MicklemThe Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
707 books — 660 voters

The Road to Balinor by Mary StantonInto the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce CovilleSong of the Wanderer by Bruce Coville
Unicorn Books
469 books — 331 voters
The Easter Parade by Richard YatesMoral Disorder by Margaret AtwoodWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekThe Piano by Jane Campion
Iron Women
13 books — 14 voters

The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce
Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels
2,248 books — 2,849 voters
There are No Problem Horses, Only Problem Riders by Mary TwelveponiesCentered Riding by Sally SwiftHunter Seat Equitation by George H. MorrisRide the Right Horse by Yvonne Barteau
Practical Horse Books
115 books — 23 voters

King of the Wind by Marguerite HenryBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Best Horse Fiction
432 books — 202 voters
The Crucible by Arthur MillerDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Best American Plays
251 books — 367 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,275 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,065 voters

Up in the Air by Walter KirnEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The movie was better than the book!
24 books — 27 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters

The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
My absolute favourite contemporary books
110 books — 67 voters
The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
Best Books of 2010
1,576 books — 2,470 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,778 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovEndless Love by Scott SpencerThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkRevolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Crazy Love
483 books — 372 voters

Black Beauty by Anna SewellSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Horse Books
628 books — 384 voters
Black Beauty by Anna SewellSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandBeautiful Jim Key by Mim Eichler Rivas
Horse Books/Novels
1,573 books — 727 voters

Black Beauty by Anna SewellSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books About Animals
1,866 books — 1,929 voters
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,327 books — 1,347 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,839 books — 124,651 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Queen's Fool by Philippa GregoryThe Virgin's Lover by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction
114 books — 165 voters
Death of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 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 CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,640 books — 5,990 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books Ever
78,982 books — 294,095 voters