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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amy (21 Lists)



The Bear by Claire CameronThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth GilbertOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineLabor Day by Joyce Maynard
2014: What the Over 35's Are Reading
2,476 books — 520 voters
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris BohjalianCity of Darkness, City of Light by Marge Piercy
Literary Historical Fiction
1,133 books — 1,033 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraUlysses by James JoyceThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,811 voters
A Life in Men by Gina FrangelloCan't and Won't by Lydia DavisRadiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael BeahBark by Lorrie MooreBoy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2014 Book Preview
94 books — 402 voters

Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge DanticatDirty Love by Andre Dubus IIIDissident Gardens by Jonathan LethemThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,271 voters

Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonCall Me Zelda by Erika RobuckWhy Can't I Be You by Allison LarkinCascade by Maryanne O'HaraMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,188 voters
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonStraight Flush by Ben MezrichSisterland by Curtis SittenfeldGoing Clear by Lawrence WrightTogether Tea by Marjan Kamali
Summer 2013 To Read
37 books — 47 voters

Sisterland by Curtis SittenfeldThe Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafaniThe Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan
People Magazine's Must-Read Books for Summer 2013
11 books — 119 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,791 voters

Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Historical Fiction 2013
395 books — 2,108 voters
The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist
20 books — 29 voters

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniThe Burgess Boys by Elizabeth StroutVampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen RussellSee Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2013 Book Preview
88 books — 753 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerFirehouse by David HalberstamThe Emperor's Children by Claire MessudNetherland by Joseph O'NeillUnited 93 by Paul Greengrass
9/11 Related
251 books — 225 voters

The Accursed by Joyce Carol OatesGhana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
Best books of March, 2013
107 books — 267 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniThe City of Devi by Manil Suri
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
197 books — 544 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
2013: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
2,622 books — 326 voters
Carrie by Stephen KingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLabor Day by Joyce MaynardSafe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
2013 upcoming book to movie adaptations
63 books — 174 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,537 books — 120,045 voters