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



A Suitable Boy by Vikram SethRiot by Shashi TharoorWe Weren't Lovers Like That by Navtej SarnaMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
752 books — 1,929 voters
Bookless in Baghdad and Other Writings About Reading by Shashi TharoorTwo Lives by Vikram Seth
Best Non-Fiction Writing by Indian Authors
319 books — 173 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneIvanhoe by Walter ScottThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Mentioned in Downton Abbey
38 books — 16 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyOliver Twist by Charles DickensGulliver's Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneLady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Penguin English Library
137 books — 445 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
761 books — 1,836 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingPygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
London Calling
1,236 books — 647 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,826 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingBookless in Baghdad and Other Writings About Reading by Shashi TharoorPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Dealbreakers-If you hate this book, we won't get along
1,006 books — 260 voters

Good Morning, Midnight by Jean RhysWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysAnimal Farm by George OrwellA Dog's Heart by Mikhail BulgakovOf Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez
20 Novellas You Should Read
87 books — 51 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Gate by Vikram SethRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar KhayyámThe Prophet by Kahlil GibranThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,270 books — 10,947 voters

Kostya Ryabtsev's Diary by Nikolai OgnyovThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Forgotten Kids Books of Quality
961 books — 350 voters
Secrets & Mysteries of the World by Sylvia BrowneThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomFifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. JamesNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Books with Numbers in the Title
1,922 books — 208 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezOf Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García MárquezMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,348 books — 4,669 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingGood Wives by Louisa May AlcottA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Books That You Cry Reading
144 books — 120 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëArms and the Man by George Bernard ShawSabrina Fair by Samuel Albert TaylorThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Anti-heroes in Books
601 books — 430 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferLady Windermere's Fan by Oscar WildeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGood Morning, Midnight by Jean RhysThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Books I wouldn't have discovered without Goodreads
2,680 books — 1,033 voters
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffHaroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman RushdieIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books about Books
1,393 books — 1,521 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Books Ever
78,299 books — 291,891 voters
A Suitable Boy by Vikram SethBookless in Baghdad and Other Writings About Reading by Shashi TharoorA Flight of Pigeons by Ruskin BondArion and the Dolphin by Vikram SethGitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
Best Indian Fiction Books
930 books — 2,459 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,934 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Householder by Ruth Prawer JhabvalaThe 3 Mistakes of My Life by Chetan Bhagat2 States by Chetan BhagatThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,895 voters