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



Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1,450 books — 1,801 voters
The Paris Wife by Paula McLainDreams of Joy by Lisa See
Historical Fiction 2011
108 books — 573 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeStones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson
Best Books of 2009
1,765 books — 6,931 voters
Loving Frank by Nancy HoranGirl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
Art & Artists in Fiction
945 books — 1,107 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,309 books — 4,551 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best for Book Clubs
14,940 books — 18,813 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,776 books — 26,036 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,446 books — 25,640 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Female Relative Phenomenon
559 books — 133 voters
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The series got worse and worse
171 books — 291 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,055 books — 16,726 voters
The Basque History of the World by Mark KurlanskyThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonBlue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz
Foreign Lands
2,359 books — 2,195 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,068 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,959 books — 10,523 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,201 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerLife of Pi by Yann MartelBel Canto by Ann PatchettNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThree Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,372 voters