Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/603312-xarah">Xarah</a> (21 Lists)

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Books I Have No Intention of Reading

1,637 books — 5,993 voters

Bad Boys, Bad Men by Donald W. Black

Witchcraft in the Southwest by Marc Simmons

Mind Hunter by John E. Douglas

Andean Lives by Ricardo Valderrama Fernández

The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley

Greatest Psychology Books

794 books — 1,332 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

8,326 books — 24,669 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

It by Stephen King

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson

The Book Was Better Than the Movie

1,561 books — 18,687 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Best Books of the Decade: 2000s

7,188 books — 28,376 voters

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Ratha's Creature by Clare Bell

Best Young Adult Books

13,096 books — 80,174 voters

Dracula by Bram Stoker

World War Z by Max Brooks

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

It by Stephen King

Best Horror Novels

1,987 books — 5,447 voters

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

Best Humorous Books

4,327 books — 7,891 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Redwall by Brian Jacques

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies

2,076 books — 11,672 voters

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)

4,209 books — 25,726 voters

The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman

A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman

The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman

Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman

Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman

Native American Detectives (fiction)

152 books — 102 voters

Whatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison

Into Africa by Martin Dugard

Best books for an African Safari

475 books — 525 voters

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Must Read Classics

1,861 books — 4,648 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Required Reading in High School

813 books — 1,289 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Books Made into Movies

1,098 books — 445 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

31,546 books — 120,152 voters

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Best Books About Animals

1,842 books — 1,853 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Collapse by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)

6,226 books — 8,060 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Best Adult Vampire Books

1,770 books — 4,916 voters

Shōgun by James Clavell

Aztec by Gary Jennings

King and Goddess by Judith Tarr

Lord of the Two Lands by Judith Tarr

Throne of Isis by Judith Tarr

Best Historical Fiction

7,406 books — 25,585 voters

The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye

Aztec by Gary Jennings

Thickest Books Ever

889 books — 2,489 voters