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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Holly (25 Lists)



Consider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Excellent Space Opera
1,117 books — 3,815 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,965 books — 10,855 voters

Trickster's Choice by Tamora PierceTrickster's Queen by Tamora PierceAnansi Boys by Neil GaimanThe Sandman by Neil Gaiman
The Trickster
126 books — 73 voters
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,526 books — 69,880 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAll the Rules by Ellen FeinBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Celestine Prophecy by James RedfieldThe Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,009 books — 2,008 voters
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerMagician by Raymond E. FeistLord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Worst Fantasy Books of ALL Time
188 books — 150 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Forever King by Molly Cochran
Best Arthurian Fiction
483 books — 1,450 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
464 books — 1,589 voters

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyThe Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn FlewellingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinArchangel by Sharon Shinn
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,193 books — 12,264 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,123 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonStardust by Neil GaimanA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardLittle Brother by Cory Doctorow
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,614 books — 6,982 voters
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Middle Ages Books
1,304 books — 1,780 voters

Terrier by Tamora PierceTrickster's Queen by Tamora PierceSabriel by Garth NixThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanCrown Duel by Sherwood Smith
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,267 books — 8,833 voters
Empire of Ivory by Naomi NovikHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of 2007
1,122 books — 991 voters

Beauty by Robin McKinleyElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireBriar Rose by Jane YolenThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,843 books — 9,205 voters
The Sandman by Neil GaimanThe Tales of the Otori Trilogy by Lian HearnBridge of Birds by Barry HughartThe Laughing Sutra by Mark Salzman
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
315 books — 440 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn FlewellingKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,095 books — 10,084 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Crystal Cave by Mary StewartStardust by Neil GaimanThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winners
84 books — 272 voters

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,155 books — 5,437 voters
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Best Books Ever
78,245 books — 291,833 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Best Historical Mystery
2,285 books — 4,791 voters
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,646 books — 26,785 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,464 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardSnow Crash by Neal StephensonTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,714 books — 25,762 voters

Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,893 voters