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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Raza Ali (34 Lists)



Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
Best French Literature
867 books — 1,578 voters
Middlemarch by George EliotGreat Expectations by Charles DickensNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellCien Anos De Soledad/ One hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Greatest Books top 100
100 books — 3 voters

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv ConstantineErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur JaswalThe Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley HellerYou Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis SittenfeldThe Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
Reese's Book Club Book List
101 books — 46 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur JaswalCrazy Rich Asians by Kevin KwanUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
[ATY 2023] Asian Diaspora
326 books — 92 voters

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
10/10 Southeast Asian Books
17 books — 2 voters
Trust by Hernan DiazThe Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara GranThe Plot by Jean Hanff KorelitzThe Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
Bookish mysteries
50 books — 6 voters

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2024
125 books — 130 voters
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Best Books of 2023
1,247 books — 1,871 voters

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
More intellectual romance books
12 books — 7 voters
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I am '20s, hear me roar!
493 books — 261 voters

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Novels Set in 20th-century Britain
400 books — 214 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganThe Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 2,002 voters

The Financier by Theodore Dreiser
Superbly Written Historical Fiction
527 books — 283 voters
Belgravia by Julian FellowesThe Darlings by Cristina AlgerCrazy Rich Asians by Kevin KwanChina Rich Girlfriend by Kevin KwanThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Books about the rich, jet-set, leisure class
128 books — 100 voters

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Rich Are Different by Susan HowatchThe Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
Wealth In Literature Characters With Lots Of Capital
33 books — 3 voters
Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley
The Independent's "The Ten Best History Books"
12 books — 27 voters

Uncle and Ants by Marc Jedel
Silicon Valley Fiction
17 books — 6 voters
2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Books on Artificial Intelligence
493 books — 782 voters

Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
Best tech-humor fiction books
22 books — 41 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Russian Literature
525 books — 2,313 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Historical Fiction: Russia
323 books — 495 voters
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoUlysses by James JoyceCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
763 books — 1,834 voters

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Riviera
69 books — 22 voters
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughBelgravia by Julian FellowesThe Forsyte Saga by John GalsworthyThe American Heiress by Daisy GoodwinThe House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Downton Abbey-esque Books
619 books — 1,020 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Novels About Art History
27 books — 31 voters
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,897 books — 4,162 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthornePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
Downton Abbey Withdrawal
134 books — 21 voters
The American Heiress by Daisy GoodwinBelgravia by Julian FellowesBenedict Hall by Cate Campbell
Downton Abbey Read-Alikes
115 books — 30 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldBenedict Hall by Cate Campbell
Best 1920s Historical Fiction
218 books — 330 voters
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
1,027 books — 1,277 voters


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