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



Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
World War II England
482 books — 198 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingLes liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de LaclosThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Epistolary Fiction
858 books — 854 voters

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfA Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
A Single Day
141 books — 105 voters
Les liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Best Anti-heroes in Books
601 books — 430 voters

Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Fictional Crushes
636 books — 579 voters
The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Best Russian Literature
523 books — 2,304 voters

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
I Will Make Myself Read These!
35 books — 44 voters
North and South by Elizabeth GaskellPersuasion by Jane AustenThe Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence
Best Books turned into a "Made for TV Movie"
211 books — 61 voters

Thérèse Raquin by Émile ZolaLes liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Classic French Literature
345 books — 263 voters
Thérèse Raquin by Émile ZolaLes liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,577 voters

Persuasion by Jane Austen
The 25+ Club - Books Starring Older Female Protagonists
344 books — 76 voters
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Male characters we DESPERATELY wish were real!
1,490 books — 1,180 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareAs You Like It by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
106 books — 1,246 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Iliad by Homer
Books to be Savored
278 books — 97 voters

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Best of James Baldwin
27 books — 84 voters
Giovanni’s Room by James BaldwinA Single Man by Christopher IsherwoodFingersmith by Sarah Waters
Best Gay Fiction
2,702 books — 3,917 voters

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Victorian Novels
215 books — 533 voters

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Victoriana
90 books — 54 voters
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
771 books — 460 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Iliad by HomerThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,550 books — 123,951 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,531 books — 8,810 voters