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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jennifer (15 Lists)



The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCorduroy by Don FreemanMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Best Children's Books
5,417 books — 7,027 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Fiction Set in 12th Century
81 books — 40 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Art & Artists in Fiction
985 books — 1,214 voters
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Regency and Victorian Mysteries
722 books — 503 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettSiddhartha by Hermann HesseGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,896 books — 4,161 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Odyssey by Homer
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,275 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,711 voters
The Revenant by Michael PunkeThe Potato Factory by Bryce CourtenayRansom by Julie GarwoodHope for the Flowers by Trina PaulusThe Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,038 books — 684 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Middle Ages Books
1,316 books — 1,918 voters
The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau
Most Anticipated Historical Mysteries for 2015
71 books — 398 voters

World Without End by Ken FollettGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,532 books — 3,029 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierWorld Without End by Ken FollettLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,694 books — 3,292 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLolita by Vladimir NabokovSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,841 books — 124,657 voters
The Day of Atonement by David LissThe Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,620 books — 70,141 voters

Grendel by John Gardner
Modern Interpretations of Ancient Myths
323 books — 357 voters