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



Beloved by Toni MorrisonPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,922 books — 6,579 voters
The Cleverness of Ladies by Alexander McCall SmithStreet Cat Bob by James BowenWays to Live Forever by Sally NichollsThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddReasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
The Bookateers Reading Group
20 books — 1 voter

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
100+ Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read
250 books — 443 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterAlanna by Tamora PierceWatership Down by Richard Adams
Best Young Adult Books
13,322 books — 80,570 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinAlanna by Tamora PierceWizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
Favorite Fantasy Novels, BESIDES those by J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, J.R.R. Tolkien, and C.S. Lewis
1,247 books — 791 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best South Asian Fiction
765 books — 1,933 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceIn the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora PierceLioness Rampant by Tamora PierceThe Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora PierceDragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,291 books — 8,894 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Best Utopian & Dystopian Fiction
229 books — 404 voters

1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters
Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith SchalanskyAlone in Berlin by Hans FalladaNew Selected Stories by Alice MunroThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionOne Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
Dialogue Books Recommends in 2011
11 books — 2 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Books That Changed My World
3,297 books — 3,398 voters