Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jill Bear (18 Lists)



Maus I by Art SpiegelmanMaus II by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books
993 books — 600 voters
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Swashbucklers
559 books — 497 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books to Obsess Over
326 books — 322 voters
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
Best Lesser-Known Books
1,865 books — 1,120 voters

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,915 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsAntigone by Sophocles
Best Books Ever
76,699 books — 285,010 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonAcqua Alta by Donna LeonDressed for Death by Donna LeonDoctored Evidence by Donna Leon
Best Literary Mysteries
2,557 books — 4,618 voters
Ratking by Michael Dibdin
Detective Fiction
1,189 books — 1,084 voters

In a Dry Season by Peter RobinsonThe Old Silent by Martha GrimesThe Lighthouse by P.D. JamesThe Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders by Marshall BrowneThe Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,214 books — 2,304 voters
Death of a Gossip by M.C. BeatonThe Body In The Transept by Jeanne M. DamsThe Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,160 books — 2,473 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisAbsolution by Murder by Peter TremayneFortune Like the Moon by Alys Clare
Best Historical Mystery
2,086 books — 4,546 voters
Belshazzar's Daughter by Barbara Nadel
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,078 books — 824 voters

Death of a Lake by Arthur W. Upfield
Australian Crime Fiction
258 books — 169 voters
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisShadows in Bronze by Lindsey DavisVenus in Copper by Lindsey DavisThe Iron Hand of Mars by Lindsey DavisLast Act in Palmyra by Lindsey Davis
Roman Mysteries Series
89 books — 43 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,647 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,719 books — 120,745 voters

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,130 voters
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,931 voters