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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarah (35 Lists)



Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice ProvensenAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Down on the Farm
229 books — 234 voters
Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney Otto
Camera on the cover
67 books — 20 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
3,028 books — 5,543 voters
Trickster's Choice by Tamora PierceThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyTerrier by Tamora Pierce
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,847 books — 19,111 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Hard SF reading group
89 books — 67 voters
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
Best Synesthesia Books
84 books — 64 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
229 books — 1,590 voters
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicollHester by Laurie Lico Albanese
Witch Hunts in Historical Fiction
154 books — 92 voters

Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
Fiction Featuring Embroiderery and Embroiderers
55 books — 11 voters
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund
[ATY 2024] Related to Sea
463 books — 101 voters

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
101 books — 264 voters
Literary New Hampshire by Gary Crooker
Literary Travel
190 books — 36 voters

The Salt Path by Raynor WinnA Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Walk with Me: A Literature of Walking
196 books — 72 voters
History VIPs by Kay BarnhamThe Fossil Girl by Catherine Brighton
Mary Anning - Fiction & Non-Fiction
23 books — 13 voters

The Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesThe Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne BirdsallThe Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth EnrightLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Sibling Books
786 books — 371 voters
Sunny by Jason ReynoldsThis Is My Home, This Is My School by Jonathan Bean
Homeschool Fiction (the Great, Clichéd, and Rotten)
176 books — 94 voters

Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
Realistic Fiction For Middle Schoolers
152 books — 160 voters
Tuttle's Red Barn by Richard MichelsonIciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever! by Rebecca RuleCelia's Island Journal by Celia Thaxter
Books Set in New Hampshire
323 books — 86 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTerrier by Tamora PierceTrickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce
Speculative Fiction that Passes the Bechdel Test
854 books — 854 voters
Winter Cottage by Carol Ryrie BrinkFog Magic by Julia L. Sauer
Obscure Children's Vintage Gems
661 books — 240 voters

Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
Food-Related Fiction
1,206 books — 627 voters
Gathering Blue by Lois LowryThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Garment and Textile
230 books — 74 voters

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
YA and Middle Grade Books with POC Protagonists written by POC
145 books — 53 voters
Swimming with Sharks by Heather LangMargaret and the Moon by Dean RobbinsWomen in Science by Rachel IgnotofskyThe Girl Who Drew Butterflies by Joyce SidmanSolving the Puzzle Under the Sea by Robert Burleigh
Kids' Scientist Biography Picture Books
78 books — 10 voters

Brave Jane Austen by Lisa PliscouA River of Words by Jen BryantOrdinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen by Deborah HopkinsonThe Extraordinary Mark Twain by Barbara KerleySaving the Countryside by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Picture Book Bios of Poets and Authors
86 books — 12 voters
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
YA & MG Baking Fiction
150 books — 66 voters

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanBecoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz RyanWaiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown
Children's Books with Hispanic Characters
230 books — 79 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
YA Dystopia Novels
2,018 books — 11,554 voters

Shark Lady by Ann McGovernThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaMe... Jane by Patrick McDonnellDarwin by Alice B. McGintyCaroline's Comets by Emily Arnold McCully
Picture Book Biographies of Scientists
86 books — 28 voters
The Wonder of Charlie Anne by Kimberly Newton FuscoClose to Famous by Joan BauerDream Builder by Kelly Starling LyonsBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonMay B. by Caroline Starr Rose
Kids' Books with Dyslexic Characters
72 books — 12 voters


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