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



Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnRoom by Emma DonoghueIn a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth WareThe Couple Next Door by Shari LapenaBehind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
Psychological Chillers by Women
474 books — 612 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best True Survival Stories
423 books — 549 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,221 books — 2,422 voters
I'm with the Band by Pamela Des BarresThe Heroin Diaries by Nikki SixxNo One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry HopkinsLife by Keith RichardsDoes the Noise in My Head Bother You? by Steven Tyler
Best Books on Rock and Roll
904 books — 1,285 voters

Out of Sorts by Sarah BesseyJesus Feminist by Sarah BesseyAccidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-WeberLove Wins by Rob BellTraveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Living Life Unfundamentalist Favs
79 books — 28 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelFinding Me by Michelle Knight
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
735 books — 1,114 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWild by Cheryl StrayedYes Please by Amy Poehler
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,943 books — 1,944 voters
Pastrix by Nadia Bolz-WeberEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertTake This Bread by Sara MilesOut of Sorts by Sarah BesseyJesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey
Books for Spiritual Dissidents
201 books — 93 voters

Stolen Innocence by Elissa WallThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsTroublemaker by Leah ReminiTraveling Mercies by Anne LamottInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Small, Offbeat Religion Memoirs
262 books — 296 voters
How to Kill a Rock Star by Tiffanie DeBartoloWhere She Went by Gayle FormanIf I Stay by Gayle FormanGroupie by Ginger VoightNick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
Epic Rockstar Stories
772 books — 2,193 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Best Southern Literature
1,380 books — 2,604 voters
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison AllenThe Witch of Little Italy by Suzanne PalmieriThe Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy WebbPractical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Best Magical Realism: Witchy Fiction
289 books — 475 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Modern Gothic
722 books — 1,375 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsReconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreightThe Good Girl by Mary KubicaStill Missing by Chevy Stevens
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,489 books — 3,559 voters

Hikertrash by Erin MillerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerWild by Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Wanderlust
1,091 books — 1,197 voters