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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Margot (26 Lists)



One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,702 books — 13,226 voters
Jaws by Peter Benchley
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,103 voters

The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel GonzalesSleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Best Audio Narration
1,589 books — 1,086 voters
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
2017: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2017
1,668 books — 353 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
2015: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2015
1,946 books — 561 voters
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Publisher's Weekly Best Fiction 2016
25 books — 5 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,770 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMy Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,361 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Interesting Books of 2013
308 books — 929 voters
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2016 that are not part of a series
204 books — 298 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel GonzalesSleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,980 books — 2,839 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,468 voters

Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Best Feminist Fiction
1,524 books — 2,688 voters
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Historical Fiction 2015
421 books — 2,126 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Cover Page
217 books — 19 voters
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,528 books — 69,899 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,446 books — 16,347 voters
Homegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Queen of the Night by Alexander CheeLily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
521 books — 2,010 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussLittle Bee by Chris Cleave
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,942 voters
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
Afghanistan in Literature
221 books — 264 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Stand-Alone Books
819 books — 855 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiShadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,131 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsReconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreightThe Likeness by Tana FrenchNow You See Me by Sharon J. Bolton
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,489 books — 3,559 voters
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutThe Longest Night by Andria Williams
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
335 books — 710 voters

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa DiffenbaughThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Best Books of 2011
2,666 books — 6,694 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHoles by Louis SacharSophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,155 books — 3,682 voters