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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Leanna Aker (19 Lists)



Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022
6,696 books — 580 voters
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Best books of May, 2021
91 books — 42 voters

Great Circle by Maggie ShipsteadThe Huntress by Kate Quinn
Women Pilots
26 books — 15 voters
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer HillierBeautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Pacific Northwest Books
925 books — 614 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Books I Regret Reading
2,306 books — 3,224 voters
Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,254 books — 1,659 voters

Dune by Frank Patrick Herbert
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,991 books — 26,649 voters
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Best Books of 2020
1,566 books — 1,947 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIntelligent Life in the Universe by I.S. Shklovskii
Best General Science Books
591 books — 497 voters
Dune by Frank Patrick Herbert1984 by George OrwellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Intelligent Sci-Fi
290 books — 309 voters

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksThe Great Dune Trilogy by Frank Patrick HerbertDune Messiah by Frank Patrick HerbertThe Uplift War by David BrinHouse of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Best Science Fiction
3,841 books — 7,749 voters
Seveneves by Neal StephensonChasm City by Alastair Reynolds2312 by Kim Stanley RobinsonGreat North Road by Peter F. Hamilton
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
228 books — 1,581 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Postman by David Brin
Post-Apocalyptic Novels
95 books — 84 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerBinti by Nnedi OkoraforMy Soul to Keep by Tananarive DueThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,584 books — 2,799 voters

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoWhat Does It Mean to Be White? by Robin DiAngelo
CORE 2018 Books
10 books — 3 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe Element by Ken RobinsonStart with Why by Simon SinekDrive by Daniel H. Pink
books from TED
95 books — 366 voters

The Impact Cycle by Jim KnightThe Art of Coaching by Elena AguilarEvidence of Practice by Adam GellerDriven by Data by Paul Bambrick-SantoyoInstructional Coaching by Jim Knight
Instructional Coaching
16 books — 1 voter
Whistling Vivaldi by Claude M. SteeleBlack Like Me by John Howard GriffinBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSavage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
Books White People Need to Read
1,404 books — 1,683 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,370 voters