Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Girish (19 Lists)



The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,990 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleShrek! by William SteigThe Pursuit of Happyness by Chris GardnerMadame Doubtfire by Anne Fine
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,221 books — 6,122 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesRebecca by Daphne du MaurierShutter Island by Dennis LehaneTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Coffee & Books Group Favorites
141 books — 95 voters
Shutter Island by Dennis LehanePrimal Fear by William DiehlThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Best Twists
8,365 books — 9,024 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
747 books — 1,815 voters
Open by Andre AgassiThe Last Lecture by Randy PauschIt's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. FeynmanMarley and Me by John Grogan
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,857 books — 6,380 voters

1984 by George OrwellSomething Happened by Joseph HellerThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,338 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,238 books — 4,488 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,727 books — 120,787 voters
The Man Who Knew Infinity by Robert KanigelThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Best Biographies
1,674 books — 2,950 voters

The Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonPrey by Michael CrichtonState of Fear by Michael CrichtonTimeline by Michael CrichtonJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Best of Michael Crichton
37 books — 199 voters
Primal Fear by William DiehlA Time to Kill by John GrishamThe Firm by Robin WaterfieldThe Runaway Jury by John GrishamThe Rainmaker by John Grisham
Legal Thrillers
292 books — 427 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniEnglish, August by Upamanyu ChatterjeeThe Guide by R.K. Narayan
Best Indian Fiction Books
918 books — 2,426 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Best South Asian Fiction
736 books — 1,896 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,186 books — 28,369 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,791 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books Ever
76,704 books — 285,079 voters