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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Suzy (22 Lists)



Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Everyone's Read It But Me
782 books — 4,651 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Historical fiction worth reading
1,294 books — 726 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldDracula by Bram Stoker
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,320 books — 5,878 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Reddit Recommendations
581 books — 762 voters

Naked by David Sedaris
Books that Make you Laugh
3,516 books — 5,218 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanExodus by Leon Uris
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 7,000 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,856 books — 26,145 voters
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
After DFW's "Eclectic/Obscure Fictions for Writers" Syllabus
79 books — 47 voters

Everything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 775 voters
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus - Best of Both Worlds Concert by Miley CyrusAn Inconvenient Book by Glenn BeckThe Christmas Sweater by Glenn BeckThe O'Reilly Factor by Bill O'ReillyGlenn Beck's Common Sense by Glenn Beck
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,888 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittOn Writing by Stephen King
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,280 books — 8,091 voters
Self-Help by Lorrie MooreCivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George SaundersWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Collections of Short Stories
2,911 books — 2,060 voters

The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
NPR
162 books — 151 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,980 books — 26,588 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerOn the Road by Jack KerouacMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,510 books — 123,752 voters
The Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of 2011
2,667 books — 6,695 voters

Everything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.The Secret History by Donna TarttIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteOn Writing by Stephen KingInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,524 books — 17,391 voters
The Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonEverything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson
Radiolab Suggested Readings
182 books — 242 voters

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerMy Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
Tree's Funny Reads
77 books — 191 voters
Kitchen by Banana YoshimotoThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiAfter the Quake by Haruki MurakamiIn Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,253 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMatilda by Roald DahlThe History of Love by Nicole KraussThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Stories For Book Lovers
8,474 books — 8,702 voters
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Best Books Ever
78,137 books — 291,331 voters