Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alison Smith (10 Lists)



The 13 Clocks by James ThurberArchy and Mehitabel by Don MarquisThe Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear
Nonsense Literature
51 books — 24 voters
A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Unique Travel Memoirs
228 books — 76 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Books I Intend to Read before I Die
293 books — 17 voters
The Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Forbidden books (now often considered classics)
136 books — 91 voters

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Di... by Jonas JonassonThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Cat's Table by Michael OndaatjeWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Your Top 5 Reads in 2013
1,297 books — 1,092 voters
My Life in France by Julia Child
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,228 books — 1,635 voters

Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,517 books — 15,076 voters
The Shack by William Paul YoungAtonement by Ian McEwanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatch-22 by Joseph HellerLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,873 voters

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverThe Collector by John FowlesOn the Beach by Nevil Shute
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,241 books — 11,458 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books Ever
76,941 books — 286,312 voters