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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jennifer (21 Lists)



Chasing Fire by Nora RobertsPlaying with Fire by Kate MeaderFlirting with Fire by Kate Meader
Firefighter Romance Heroes
246 books — 111 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
189 books — 138 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaGood in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
Books with Strong Women Characters (All Genres)
1,773 books — 833 voters
The Black Dahlia by James EllroyBlack Cherry Blues by James Lee BurkeThe Neon Rain by James Lee BurkeThe Alienist by Caleb CarrGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
1,238 books — 1,066 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonHalf Magic by Edward EagerNight by Elie Wiesel
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,967 books — 10,857 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,702 books — 13,225 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantDragonfly in Amber by Diana GabaldonThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Historical Fiction
7,905 books — 26,306 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterMiles to Go by Miley CyrusHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBig Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
708 books — 1,199 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 776 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtMy Ántonia by Willa CatherShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeO Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,068 books — 1,773 voters
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Kids/Teens who kill
84 books — 39 voters

Scruples by Judith KrantzDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Pure Trash that I Love
33 books — 21 voters
Still Life by Louise PennyThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,496 books — 5,574 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
1,091 books — 1,197 voters
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,873 books — 2,254 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best True Survival Stories
422 books — 548 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Tales of Adventure
516 books — 477 voters

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,129 voters
My Ántonia by Willa CatherThe Color of Water by James McBrideLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,936 voters

Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonWhere the Heart Is by Billie LettsLiving Dead in Dallas by Charlaine HarrisDead as a Doornail by Charlaine HarrisDead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Quirky Southern Fiction
981 books — 1,929 voters