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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dawnstream (18 Lists)



The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Fantasy of the 20th Century
644 books — 253 voters
Night by Elie WieselNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Well-Written Holocaust Books
918 books — 2,975 voters

Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,790 books — 19,203 voters
The Open Window and Other Short Stories by SakiThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Short Stories
1,768 books — 1,079 voters

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeTo Build a Fire by Jack London
Best American (US) Short Stories
151 books — 24 voters
Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret WeisThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Legend of Huma by Richard A. Knaak
Best Heroic Fantasy
725 books — 1,387 voters

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisDragons of Winter Night by Margaret WeisDragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis
The Best of Dragonlance
54 books — 102 voters
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleEmma by Jane AustenThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingBleak House by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomI, Robot by Isaac AsimovFight Club by Chuck PalahniukShrek! by William SteigDead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,121 voters
Contact by Carl SaganFoundation by Isaac AsimovStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction by Science Majors
21 books — 3 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,370 voters
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan PoeWool by Hugh Howey
Single Short Story
775 books — 303 voters

Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Best Female Lead Characters
4,894 books — 5,940 voters
Metamorphoses by OvidThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain PoetThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Odyssey by Homer
Required Reading in College
102 books — 27 voters

The Journey of Man by Spencer WellsWhere the Wild Things Were by William StolzenburgAn Ocean of Air by Gabrielle WalkerThe Signal and the Noise by Nate SilverThe Making of the Fittest by Sean B. Carroll
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,629 voters
Wool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Giver by Lois Lowry1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,991 books — 26,649 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWizard's First Rule by Terry GoodkindDragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,192 books — 12,264 voters
Good Bones and Simple Murders by Margaret AtwoodAn Ocean of Air by Gabrielle WalkerThe Signal and the Noise by Nate SilverGhetto Medic - A Father in the 'Hood by Rachel HennickThe Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
30 Books Everyone Should Read Before 30
148 books — 68 voters