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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Olivia (16 Lists)



Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyBleak House by Charles DickensMiddlemarch by George Eliot
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Best Books About Tudor England
635 books — 1,660 voters

The History of Love by Nicole KraussNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayMiddlemarch by George EliotRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Best Love Stories
5,244 books — 9,770 voters
Love and War in the Apennines by Eric NewbySurvival in Auschwitz by Primo LeviThe Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn BeerYellow Star by Jennifer Roy
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
685 books — 476 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Booker Prize Winners
72 books — 2,015 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 817 voters

The Way Back to Florence by Glenn HaybittleCircling the Sun by Paula McLainThe Italian Wife by Kate Furnivall
Historical Fiction 2015
421 books — 2,125 voters
War in Val d'Orcia by Iris OrigoLove and War in the Apennines by Eric NewbyThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn HaybittleIn Love and War by Alex PrestonD.H. Lawrence and Italy by D.H. Lawrence
Best books about Italy
210 books — 98 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAtonement by Ian McEwanThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn Haybittle
WWII Historic Fiction
1,504 books — 1,598 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn HaybittleThe Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Amazing WWII fiction (some with romance)
429 books — 654 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,192 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn Haybittle
World War II Fiction
1,463 books — 2,166 voters

The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Way Back to Florence by Glenn HaybittleBeautiful Ruins by Jess WalterThe Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
Italy
1,013 books — 536 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2015 Tournament of Books Short List
17 books — 158 voters