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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michelle (40 Lists)



The Correspondent by Virginia EvansWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyHeart the Lover by Lily King
Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 Longlist
16 books — 13 voters
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Booker Prize 2022 Longlist
13 books — 54 voters

Shuggie Bain by Douglas StuartTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiLeave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong WashburnDeacon King Kong by James McBride
2021 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 27 voters
Nothing to See Here by Kevin WilsonFleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-AknerTrust Exercise by Susan ChoiNormal People by Sally Rooney
2020 Tournament of Books Short List
18 books — 45 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,376 voters
The Nix by Nathan HillHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Throwback Special by Chris BachelderMoonglow by Michael ChabonThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
2017 Tournament of Books
18 books — 53 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
99 books — 272 voters
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,720 books — 14,354 voters

The Illuminations by Andrew O'HaganA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Fishermen by Chigozie ObiomaThe Green Road by Anne EnrightThe Moor's Account by Laila Lalami
Man Booker 2015 Long List
13 books — 174 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAn Untamed State by Roxane GayAll the Birds, Singing by Evie WyldEverything I Never Told You by Celeste NgThe Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
2015 Tournament of Books Short List
17 books — 158 voters

An Untamed State by Roxane GayAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
2015 Tournament of Books Long List
72 books — 157 voters
The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonHow to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin HamidThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Son by Philipp Meyer
2014 Tournament of Books Finalists
17 books — 130 voters

Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttA Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony MarraThe Son by Philipp Meyer
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 817 voters
The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriWe Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoHarvest by Jim Crace
2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlist
6 books — 30 voters

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellBlack Swan Green by David MitchellCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
David Mitchell
11 books — 105 voters
The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriWe Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoHarvest by Jim Crace
2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist
14 books — 267 voters

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerThe Enchanted Life of Adam Hope by Rhonda RileyThe Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison
Booktopia Bellingham 2013
10 books — 21 voters
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainBeautiful Ruins by Jess WalterThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
2013 Tournament of Books
18 books — 137 voters

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainA Hologram for the King by Dave EggersThe Round House by Louise Erdrich
National Book Award Finalists - 2012
22 books — 50 voters

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceNarcopolis by Jeet ThayilThe Lighthouse by Alison Moore
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 178 voters
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonHeft by Liz Moore
Best Books of 2012
3,517 books — 9,187 voters

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellCloud Atlas by David MitchellAtonement by Ian McEwan
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 245 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Orange Prize For Fiction Longlist 2012
20 books — 153 voters

The Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesMoondogs by Alexander Yates
Kirkus Best Books of 2011
88 books — 171 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan
Books Set in Texas
970 books — 337 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Best Southern Literature
1,380 books — 2,598 voters

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
2011: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1,801 books — 439 voters
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Most Deserving Newbery
131 books — 3,026 voters


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