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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jenn (30 Lists)



Prey by Michael CrichtonRelic by Douglas Preston
Best Technothrillers Ever
747 books — 1,133 voters
Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesThe Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
If You Like Mad Men . . .
64 books — 91 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Without Sequels
728 books — 366 voters
The Ruins by Scott SmithHeart-Shaped Box by Joe HillThe House Next Door by Anne Rivers SiddonsDracula by Bram StokerThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,627 books — 1,643 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 727 voters
The Ruins by Scott Smith
Scariest books of all time
625 books — 736 voters

You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia PhillipsJust Desserts by Jerry OppenheimerMommie Dearest by Christina CrawfordAva by Ava Gardner
Celebrity Biography
956 books — 335 voters
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Best of Amish Fiction
518 books — 459 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,921 books — 1,899 voters
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeWatchmen by Alan MooreMisery by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,320 books — 2,449 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
BILDUNGSROMAN
97 books — 35 voters
Bright Shiny Morning by James FreyPostcards from the Edge by Carrie FisherGet Shorty by Elmore LeonardPlay It As It Lays by Joan DidionLess Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
347 books — 301 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,999 books — 4,274 voters
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Most Deserving Newbery
141 books — 3,067 voters

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Literary Mysteries
2,712 books — 5,142 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,889 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Books in/about Hidden Places
131 books — 37 voters
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
2011 Tournament of Books
16 books — 117 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeSuperfudge by Judy BlumeBunnicula by Deborah Howe
Favorite books from my childhood
4,528 books — 7,752 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,859 books — 26,208 voters

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of 2010
1,580 books — 2,477 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,513 books — 16,703 voters

Double Love by Francine PascalKristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinBest Friends by Francine PascalRemember Me by Christopher PikeSecrets Can Kill by Carolyn Keene
Young Adult Series Books published in the '80s & '90s
701 books — 584 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
8,290 books — 27,353 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Favorite Fantasy Novels, BESIDES those by J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, J.R.R. Tolkien, and C.S. Lewis
1,253 books — 793 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George OrwellWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,117 books — 27,009 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
876 books — 1,267 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisPlay It As It Lays by Joan Didion
Darkest Books of All Time
1,311 books — 1,684 voters

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Top books written by children of famous writers
17 books — 16 voters
The Ruins by Scott Smith
SCARIEST BOOK I EVER READ
252 books — 261 voters