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



The Help by Kathryn StockettExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,720 books — 17,952 voters
I Let You Go by Clare MackintoshGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Head Spinners
20 books — 6 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Help by Kathryn StockettI Let You Go by Clare MackintoshAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Gripping Books
644 books — 381 voters
Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,624 books — 70,143 voters

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Shining by Stephen King
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,337 books — 8,175 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillFreedom by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,840 books — 22,456 voters
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Books White People Need to Read
1,450 books — 1,815 voters

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,097 books — 5,941 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Shining by Stephen King
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,670 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Quirky Southern Fiction
988 books — 1,942 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Southern Books
837 books — 748 voters

Dead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,559 books — 3,253 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryNumber the Stars by Lois LowryWalk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Most Deserving Newbery
138 books — 3,057 voters

The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno SchulzThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,844 voters