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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Todd Johnson (28 Lists)



The Wild Robot by Peter BrownHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,220 books — 1,589 voters
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
640 books — 1,045 voters

Poverty Creek Journal by Thomas GardnerThe Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew InmanMy Best Race by Chris CooperTread Lightly by Peter LarsonBorn to Run by Christopher McDougall
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
237 books — 583 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonA Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,885 books — 2,276 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,415 books — 8,188 voters
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Favorite Christmas Books
1,530 books — 1,563 voters

The Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
842 books — 718 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 2008
1,649 books — 6,774 voters

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
Life Changing Books
84 books — 79 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieLittle, Big by John Crowley
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,367 books — 4,693 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Knight by Gene WolfeNeverwhere by Neil GaimanStardust by Neil Gaiman
Fantasy Books Set in Two Worlds
671 books — 634 voters
Light in August by William FaulknerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Oprah's Book Club Picks
133 books — 2,208 voters

The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,510 books — 6,816 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardRingworld by Larry Niven
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
89 books — 1,630 voters

Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,372 books — 1,733 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,453 books — 1,565 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,838 books — 22,507 voters
Native Son by Richard WrightThe White Boy Shuffle by Paul BeattyTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best African American Books
1,077 books — 1,353 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
771 books — 1,959 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLight in August by William FaulknerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books Ever
79,132 books — 294,870 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleGo Down, Moses by William FaulknerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Southern Literature
1,402 books — 2,620 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Knight by Gene WolfeAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,172 books — 10,192 voters

Baking in America by Greg PatentIn the Sweet Kitchen by Regan DaleyThe Professional Chef by The Culinary Institute of A...The New Indian Cooking Course by Manisha Kanani
Best Cookbooks
1,478 books — 1,170 voters
The Knight by Gene WolfeMagician by Raymond E. Feist
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,761 books — 27,031 voters

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,349 books — 13,023 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,209 books — 28,382 voters

Light in August by William FaulknerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezNative Son by Richard WrightInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,824 books — 49,870 voters
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Neuromancer by William GibsonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,797 books — 26,031 voters