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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Gary Inbinder (42 Lists)



Tales of Ming Courtesans by Alice PoonThe Ninja's Daughter by Susan SpannThe Hidden Moon by Jeannie LinThe Green Phoenix by Alice PoonBlade of the Samurai by Susan Spann
FB Authors of Asian Novels List
54 books — 21 voters
Tales of Ming Courtesans by Alice PoonWar Lord by Bernard CornwellThe Last Passenger by Charles Finch
Historical Fiction 2020
388 books — 543 voters

The Green Phoenix by Alice Poon
Great Chinese Historical Fiction
224 books — 281 voters
The Green Phoenix by Alice Poon
History through Novels: Pre-1900s China
92 books — 72 voters

The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret GeorgePachinko by Min Jin LeeLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa PalomboWoman Enters Left by Jessica Brockmole
Historical Fiction 2017
357 books — 873 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldEmma by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Books Made into Movies
1,112 books — 454 voters

Shōgun by James ClavellMusashi by Eiji YoshikawaTaiko by Eiji YoshikawaA Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto MusashiGai-Jin by James Clavell
Top Samurai Novels
92 books — 109 voters
The Witch of Napoli by Michael SchmickerAngels and Insects by A.S. Byatt
Victorian Spiritualism Fiction
122 books — 97 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerDouble Indemnity by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
779 books — 1,021 voters
The Vatican Princess by C.W. GortnerThe Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie BenjaminJane Steele by Lyndsay FayeMarlene by C.W. GortnerAt the Edge of Summer by Jessica Brockmole
Historical Fiction 2016
356 books — 899 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Iliad by HomerMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 312 voters
The Devil in Montmartre by Gary InbinderLes Misérables by Victor HugoA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Books About Paris
724 books — 576 voters

Confessions of the Creature by Gary InbinderFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Complete Poems by Percy Bysshe ShelleyA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
The Truth Behind the Monster
43 books — 39 voters
The Hanged Man by Gary InbinderThe Wages of Desire by Stephen KellyThe Singer from Memphis by Gary CorbyJane and the Waterloo Map by Stephanie Barron
Most Anticipated Historical Mysteries for 2016
80 books — 198 voters

The Devil in Montmartre by Gary Inbinder
Best books of December, 2014
48 books — 210 voters
Mistress Firebrand by Donna ThorlandThe Dream Lover by Elizabeth BergMademoiselle Chanel by C.W. GortnerRodin's Lover by Heather WebbWho Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris
Historical Fiction 2015
429 books — 2,135 voters

Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner
Can't Wait Historical Fiction of 2015
121 books — 360 voters
Père Goriot by Honoré de BalzacThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry JamesThe Red and the Black by StendhalFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,753 books — 6,913 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Great Women Authors
1,212 books — 339 voters
The Devil in Montmartre by Gary InbinderThe Hanged Man by Gary InbinderThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLes Misérables by Victor HugoPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Historical Fiction - France
515 books — 348 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
Books with Numbers in the Title
1,923 books — 208 voters
The House of Mirth by Edith WhartonCall It Sleep by Henry RothJews Without Money by Michael GoldRagtime by E.L. DoctorowThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Fiction Set in Turn-of-the-century New York City
115 books — 121 voters

The Third Man by Graham GreeneThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilA Nervous Splendor by Frederic MortonLa Ronde by Arthur SchnitzlerThe Reluctant Empress by Brigitte Hamann
Vienna/Wien
258 books — 114 voters
The Devil in Montmartre by Gary InbinderStrangled in Paris by Claude IznerThe Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian
Most Anticipated Historical Mysteries for 2014.
142 books — 194 voters

The Devil in Montmartre by Gary Inbinder
Historical Fiction 2014
415 books — 2,021 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradDaisy Miller by Henry James
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,404 books — 259 voters

The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
540 books — 1,912 voters
Barbados Bound by Linda CollisonSurgeon's Mate by Linda CollisonThe Flower to the Painter by Gary Inbinder
Romances with Tomboy/Women in Pants Heroines
370 books — 265 voters

The Flower to the Painter by Gary Inbinder
Best neo-victorian novels
117 books — 207 voters
Daisy Miller by Henry JamesThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsAnimal Farm by George Orwell
World's Greatest Novellas
736 books — 1,475 voters


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