Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nancy Borowy (7 Lists)



The View from Saturday by E.L. KonigsburgScuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude CramptonOwen by Kevin HenkesMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeJulius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
Best Children's Books
5,336 books — 6,722 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,785 voters

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Best Biographies
1,689 books — 2,966 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,370 books — 5,318 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books Ever
77,091 books — 286,806 voters
The Lost by Daniel MendelsohnNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Well-Written Holocaust Books
896 books — 2,892 voters

Great Expectations by Charles DickensEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,060 books — 10,591 voters