Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/5819170-j-n">J. N.</a> (29 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by J. N. (29 Lists)

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

The Best British Chick Lit

272 books — 609 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

The Worst Books of All Time

8,129 books — 19,916 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

Best Historical Fiction

8,406 books — 27,582 voters

The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Kept Me Up All Night

577 books — 439 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

Best Humorous Books

4,514 books — 8,397 voters

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

2,000 to 10,000 by Rachel Aaron

No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty

Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury

The Art & Business of Writing

86 books — 75 voters

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

Favorite Historical Mystery Series

1,060 books — 1,314 voters

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

Best Books on Creative Life

515 books — 628 voters

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart

Computer Science Books of the 2010s and 2020s

219 books — 39 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding

Humorous Romance Books

3,240 books — 6,763 voters

So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Productivity Porn!

132 books — 286 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

Chocolat by Joanne Harris

Favorite Magical Realism Novels

1,399 books — 4,740 voters

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

The Black Stallion by Walter Farley

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

The Island Stallion by Walter Farley

White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry

Best Horse Fiction

436 books — 215 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt

Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)

6,539 books — 8,281 voters

Medea by Euripides

408 books — 209 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

Dune by Frank Herbert

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

8,936 books — 26,341 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Funniest Novels of All Time

1,477 books — 2,342 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Best Top Romance Novels of All Time

723 books — 1,429 voters

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction

963 books — 1,714 voters

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction and Other (Mostly) True Things

827 books — 562 voters

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen

On Writing by Stephen King

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction

2,716 books — 3,915 voters

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

BOOKS WITH 'COLORFUL' TITLES

1,089 books — 91 voters

Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey

Best Medieval Romance Novels

700 books — 1,059 voters

On Writing by Stephen King

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

Being a Better Writer

112 books — 58 voters

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury

Story Engineering by Larry Brooks

Old Friend from Far Away by Natalie Goldberg

On Writing by Stephen King

Best Books on Writing

809 books — 1,345 voters

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Books That Had You Sobbing

896 books — 1,463 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Best Feminist Fiction

1,543 books — 2,807 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Best Movie Adaptations

441 books — 276 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

All The Great Guys Books Have To Offer

424 books — 346 voters