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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Janet Hecht (62 Lists)



Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Best Middle East Nonfiction
535 books — 376 voters
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Read Caribbean
401 books — 90 voters

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Modern Interpretations of Ancient Myths
321 books — 345 voters
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Modern Adaptations of Greek Mythology
371 books — 546 voters

Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
Cryptofiction
106 books — 81 voters
Black Like Me by John Howard GriffinNative Son by Richard WrightUncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweBlack Boy by Richard WrightTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books White People Need to Read
1,406 books — 1,687 voters

Skinwalkers by Tony HillermanTalking God by Tony HillermanThe First Eagle by Tony HillermanThe Leaphorn & Chee Novels by Tony HillermanSacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman
Four Corners Country
333 books — 139 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldStrangled Prose by Joan Hess
Best Bibliomystery Books
238 books — 108 voters

Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass / The Hunting... by Lewis Carroll
Books with Doors to Somewhere Else
42 books — 24 voters
The Ghostway by Tony HillermanCoyote Waits by Tony HillermanThe Eagle Catcher by Margaret CoelThe Blessing Way by Tony HillermanThe Shaman Sings by James D. Doss
Best novels with Native American main character
291 books — 135 voters

The Indispensable Right by Jonathan Turley
Free Speech!
114 books — 64 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerScarlet by Marissa MeyerCress by Marissa MeyerWinter by Marissa Meyer
Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales & Classics
1,803 books — 2,063 voters

Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksX by Sue GraftonY is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
Titles that start with X, Y, or Z
904 books — 251 voters
The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Books with 'Book' in the Title
1,928 books — 132 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Palace Job by Patrick WeekesStorm Front by Jim ButcherA Cat's Guide to Bonding with Dragons by Chris BehrsinMonster Burger by D.M. Guay
Fantasy-Comedy Novels Outside Discworld
87 books — 38 voters
We Shall Not Sleep by Anne PerryAngels in the Gloom by Anne PerryAt Some Disputed Barricade by Anne PerryNo Graves As Yet by Anne PerryShoulder the Sky by Anne Perry
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
589 books — 406 voters

The Blessing Way by Tony HillermanA Thief of Time by Tony HillermanDance Hall of the Dead by Tony HillermanTalking God by Tony HillermanThe Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman
Native American Fiction
842 books — 643 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsShe Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
Best Books Set in Appalachia
802 books — 845 voters

She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumbThe Rosewood Casket by Sharyn McCrumbGhost Riders by Sharyn McCrumbThe Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesThe Devil Amongst the Lawyers by Sharyn McCrumb
Books Set in Appalachia
254 books — 64 voters
The Unquiet Grave by Sharyn McCrumbShe Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumbGhost Riders by Sharyn McCrumbAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Books Set in West Virginia
226 books — 44 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsHillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Appalachian memoirs
73 books — 21 voters
Not All Diamonds and Rosé by Dave Quinn
Bravolebrity Books
141 books — 14 voters

Heartless by Marissa MeyerSplintered by A.G. Howard
Best Retellings of Alice in Wonderland
173 books — 593 voters
Lusia's Long Journey Home by Lucy Lipiner
Essential Books on the Holocaust
213 books — 217 voters

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
World War II Fiction
1,464 books — 2,167 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
WWII Historic Fiction
1,504 books — 1,598 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Historical Fiction - Central/Eastern Europe
248 books — 123 voters
Dead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettCinder by Marissa MeyerEvery Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,793 books — 19,018 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsPretty Girls by Karin SlaughterIn the Woods by Tana FrenchBlindsighted by Karin SlaughterPostmortem by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,490 books — 3,504 voters
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherThe Blessing Way by Tony HillermanSkinwalkers by Tony HillermanIll Wind by Nevada BarrOut of Season by Steven F. Havill
Books Set in New Mexico
627 books — 168 voters


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