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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Halie (24 Lists)



The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books About Bookstores
651 books — 808 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahCirce by Madeline MillerReady Player One by Ernest ClineStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2018: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2018
1,703 books — 268 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDark Matter by Blake CrouchThe Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherSmall Great Things by Jodi PicoultAerie by Maria Dahvana Headley
2017: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2017
1,669 books — 354 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Young Adult Series Books published in the '80s & '90s
701 books — 582 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterNeverwhere by Neil GaimanHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Doors, Portals, Gates
511 books — 189 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Historical Ghost Fiction
196 books — 344 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,992 books — 26,649 voters
Divergent by Veronica RothMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy WeirAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,721 books — 14,368 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
WWII Historic Fiction
1,502 books — 1,596 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankDivergent by Veronica Roth
One Million Ratings!
243 books — 1,079 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Well-Written Holocaust Books
918 books — 2,971 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNumber the Stars by Lois LowryNight by Elie WieselThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Great Fiction and Nonfiction Books on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
130 books — 52 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Holocaust Literature
113 books — 111 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Summer 2015 Recommendations
64 books — 21 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Without Sequels
729 books — 367 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Teen Historical Fiction
1,474 books — 3,227 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Light but not (too) dumb
855 books — 844 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Secret History by Donna TarttFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
782 books — 1,400 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMother of Pearl by Melinda HaynesThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Best Southern Literature
1,380 books — 2,604 voters
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsOne Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
FIVE HIGH 2011 - your top five reads of the year
141 books — 123 voters

The Bells by Richard Harvell
Best Unappreciated Books
4,394 books — 2,276 voters
The Bells by Richard Harvell
Books about Castrati
74 books — 15 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,931 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDivergent by Veronica RothThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,466 voters