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



This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith
The Best Disturbing Thrillers You Must Read
322 books — 330 voters
The Master Key by Masako Togawa
Best Japanese Books
779 books — 3,259 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyDissolution by C.J. SansomRevelation by C.J. SansomThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Best Historical Mystery
2,298 books — 4,828 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Worst Books of All Time
8,117 books — 19,900 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
816 books — 1,070 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Magus by John FowlesNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
978 books — 615 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerCold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,843 voters
Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Books Set in Paris
310 books — 214 voters

Traitor's Purse by Margery AllinghamThe Case of William Smith by Patricia Wentworth
Amnesia and Memory Loss Fiction
448 books — 359 voters
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Favorite Medieval Mystery Writers
79 books — 143 voters

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy MitfordThe Willow Cabin by Pamela FrankauShe Came Back by Patricia Wentworth
World War II England
482 books — 198 voters
Another Country by James BaldwinThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
BURGESS' 99 BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NOVELS
99 books — 41 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,730 books — 26,959 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieEvil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieThe Monkey's Raincoat by Robert CraisThe Danger by Dick Francis
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,479 books — 16,382 voters

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall SmithPara Handy and Other Tales by Neil Munro
Best Scottish Fiction
424 books — 287 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyDeath of a Ghost by Margery AllinghamThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Classic Mysteries (fiction)
237 books — 184 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,233 books — 15,904 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumCasino Royale by Ian FlemingThe Hours by Michael CunninghamMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanPandaemonium by Christopher BrookmyreTransition by Iain M. Banks
Parallel Universes
312 books — 215 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,859 books — 5,034 voters

Transition by Iain M. Banks
Displaced To A Different Time Or World
855 books — 341 voters
Making History by Stephen Fry
Time Travel Tales
129 books — 65 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Young Adult Books
13,317 books — 80,566 voters
The Magus by John FowlesThe Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar WildeNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel JohnsonThe Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen
Best Philosophical Literature
1,213 books — 2,913 voters

Persuasion by Jane AustenThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,838 books — 124,634 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottRebecca by Daphne du MaurierI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
The Guardian's 50 most influential books by women in English literature
53 books — 106 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Huh? I Thought That Book Would Be Better Than It Was
878 books — 749 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceRemembrance of Things Past, 2 Vols by Marcel ProustOrlando by Virginia WoolfA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Could Not Get Past Chapter One
23 books — 3 voters