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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Vicki (32 Lists)



The Splendid and the Vile by Erik LarsonOperation Mincemeat by Ben MacintyrePrisoners of the Castle by Ben Macintyre
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,204 books — 2,546 voters
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
Books Not To Read On An Airplane
27 books — 5 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueMarch by Geraldine Brooks
Anti-war literature
109 books — 39 voters
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia PurnellD-Day Girls by Sarah Rose
WW2: The Resistance - Fiction & Non-Fiction
316 books — 258 voters

Is Paris Burning? by Larry CollinsD-Day Girls by Sarah RoseArmy of Shadows by Joseph KesselA Woman of No Importance by Sonia PurnellResistance by Agnès Humbert
Best Nonfiction about French Resistance WW2
7 books — 4 voters
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonThe Secret Journals of Adolf Hitler, Volume 1 by A.G. Mogan
Classics on Nazi Germany
113 books — 78 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Narrative History/Non-fiction with a historical focus
200 books — 130 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Binge Reads
216 books — 113 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Narrative Nonfiction
194 books — 173 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction and Other (Mostly) True Things
798 books — 446 voters

Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
A French Village Inspired Reading
7 books — 8 voters
The Second Coming of Jesse James by Mark Herder
Best Indie Books/Authors
2,042 books — 1,897 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
WWII Historic Fiction
1,497 books — 1,584 voters
The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKennaAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrEducated by Tara WestoverIdaho by Emily RuskovichFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Authors from Idaho
151 books — 21 voters

Mudbound by Hillary JordanA Painted House by John Grisham
Best Southern Literature
1,379 books — 2,596 voters
Watching Glass Shatter by James J. CudneyNo Fairy Tale by Rikon GaitesThe Night of The Mosquito by Max ChinaWhen We Were Brave by Karla M. Jay
Indie Authors to Watch
7,741 books — 7,324 voters

The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee by Talya Tate BoernerA Painted House by John GrishamWeedy Rough by Douglas C. Jones
Arkansas Authors
145 books — 41 voters
Bird Box by Josh MalermanThe Devil You Know by Terry TylerEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Drop by Dennis LehaneThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Bloody Good Reads!
96 books — 15 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Family Saga Novels
885 books — 902 voters
A Painted House by John GrishamThe Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee by Talya Tate BoernerBoy Erased by Garrard Conley
Books Set in Arkansas
225 books — 91 voters

The Pleasure Principle by Jane O'ReillyTemptation by Kayla C. OliverConquered by Amanda HortonLos mellizos no deseados del multimillonario by Ciara ColeStepbrother Marine by Wanda Edmond
Same Cover, Different Book.
496 books — 125 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Saddest Books
485 books — 720 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Overrated Award-winning Books
27 books — 19 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Greatest Russian Novels of All Time
196 books — 502 voters

Anthem by Ayn Rand
Individualist fiction
36 books — 10 voters
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Best Family Sagas
659 books — 704 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,980 books — 26,587 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
235 books — 401 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,515 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
624 books — 2,760 voters


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