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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lisa (15 Lists)



Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Mock Printz 2013
87 books — 492 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,567 books — 123,991 voters

Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Pacific Northwest Books
925 books — 614 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieRebecca by Daphne du MaurierIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,460 books — 16,250 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,119 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonSnow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Best Literary Mysteries
2,655 books — 4,919 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best British and Irish Literature
1,174 books — 1,116 voters
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Great Books Not Nearly Enough People Read
406 books — 216 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksDewey by Vicki MyronOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,770 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,920 books — 26,341 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters
Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,157 books — 3,684 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,830 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Big Short by Michael Lewis
Best Books of 2010
1,577 books — 2,471 voters