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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Holly (11 Lists)



The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,318 books — 80,567 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Best Historical Fiction
8,032 books — 26,698 voters

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best South Asian Fiction
765 books — 1,933 voters
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Best Animal-Themed Books
619 books — 493 voters

Night by Elie WieselMy Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,256 books — 2,333 voters
Freedom from the Known by J. KrishnamurtiThe Power of Now by Eckhart TolleA New Earth by Eckhart TolleMeditation Now by S.N. GoenkaMany Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss
Best Spiritual Books
1,602 books — 1,586 voters

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman DoidgeScattered Minds by Gabor MatéA Briefer History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
favorite non-fiction
2,985 books — 1,534 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,036 books — 26,771 voters

Childhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,764 books — 25,824 voters