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



Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeAbby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria LaurieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,749 books — 2,927 voters
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy GriffinChelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea HandlerYes Please by Amy PoehlerBossypants by Tina Fey
Funny Women Memoirs
484 books — 1,623 voters

The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert FrostComplete Poems by Edgar Allan PoeShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareComplete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Goodreads Top 100 Poems of All Time
279 books — 300 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Must Read Classics
1,879 books — 4,717 voters

The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotLove Poems and Sonnets by William ShakespeareLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Your Favourite Book of Poetry.
956 books — 673 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Firm by Robin WaterfieldMystic River by Dennis Lehane
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,458 books — 16,248 voters

Louder Than Sirens, Louder Than Bells by K.D. SargeAlmost Like Being in Love by Steve KlugerNaked by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Best LGBT Humor
474 books — 496 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtLowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. BoyerGods in Alabama by Joshilyn JacksonSouth of Broad by Pat ConroyThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Best Southern Mysteries
215 books — 125 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenSlammed by Colleen HooverThoughtless by S.C. StephensMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
I AM IN LOVE !!!
4,521 books — 6,906 voters
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggA Southern Belle Primer, Or Why Princess Margaret Will Never ... by Maryln SchwartzA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Grizzard Sampler by Lewis GrizzardBeing Dead Is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalfe
Southern Humor and Humorists
108 books — 31 voters

The Trouble with Angels by Jane TraheyMostly Rapscallions by P.J. SullivanJokes and Other Words of Wit for Everyone by Atticus AristotleA Little Something Different by Sandy HallMother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turb... by Rob Delaney
Funny as Hell!
2,583 books — 6,514 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisNaked by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,422 books — 8,096 voters

Out of Bounds by T.A. ChaseSomebody Nice! by Raine O'TierneyCut & Run by Madeleine UrbanFish & Chips by Abigail RouxDivide & Conquer by Abigail Roux
Favorite Gay Couples
3,811 books — 4,237 voters
Discontents by Dennis CooperA Dangerous Thing by Josh LanyonWhistling in the Dark by Tamara AllenMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarCaresses Soft as Sandpaper by Clint Catalyst
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,831 books — 2,205 voters

Lunch at the Piccadilly by Clyde EdgertonA Hunger in the Heart by Kaye Park HinckleyLove in the Ruins by Walker PercySalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardThe Wilde Women by Paula Wall
Quirky Southern Fiction
981 books — 1,930 voters