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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Luann (44 Lists)



The Ruins of Gorlan by John FlanaganCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterSo You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
Books that should be made into movies!
49 books — 16 voters
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninGiggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen CroninBarn Dance! by Bill Martin Jr.Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen CroninClick, Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin
Farmyard Fun
433 books — 114 voters

Abhorsen by Garth NixThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Audiobooks
1,634 books — 1,163 voters
The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklQuidditch Through the Ages by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellGood Brother, Bad Brother by James Cross Giblin
Surprise! I Loved It!
242 books — 130 voters

P.S. I Love You by Cecelia AhernJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene CatlingChocolat by Joanne HarrisChocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
Chocolate Covered Fiction
229 books — 99 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Well-Written Holocaust Books
930 books — 3,011 voters
Animalia by Graeme BaseChicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.Gone Wild by David McLimansThe Icky Bug Alphabet Book by Jerry PallottaClick, Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin
Fun and Interesting ABC/Abecedarian books
445 books — 224 voters

One Is a Feast for Mouse by Judy CoxI Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison JacksonGracias the Thanksgiving Turkey by Joy Cowley'Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav PilkeySquanto and the First Thanksgiving, 2nd Edition by Joyce K. Kessel
Best Children's Thanksgiving Books
304 books — 217 voters
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanHattie Big Sky by Kirby LarsonYellow Star by Jennifer RoyJohnny Tremain by Esther ForbesThe Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Best Children's Historical Fiction
847 books — 850 voters

Call It Courage by Armstrong SperryBaby Island by Carol Ryrie BrinkThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Desert Islands
220 books — 165 voters
A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan SmithOn My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
The kid(s) die! (another cautionary list)
245 books — 122 voters

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,684 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienInkheart by Cornelia Funke
The Best Fantasy Books
1,747 books — 1,522 voters

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Favorite Christmas Books
1,524 books — 1,563 voters
Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia PolaccoThe Library Dragon by Carmen Agra DeedyWild About Books by Judy Sierra
Picture Books about the Library!
253 books — 192 voters

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeYeh-Shen by Ai-Ling LouieCindy Ellen by Susan Lowell
Cinderella Stories
144 books — 163 voters
Cart and Cwidder by Diana Wynne JonesCharmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
Favourite Diana Wynne Jones
41 books — 391 voters

The Abyss by Orson Scott Card
The novelization was better than the movie
34 books — 30 voters
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda WilliamsThe Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan BerenstainHow Spider Saved Halloween by Robert KrausScary, Scary Halloween by Eve BuntingCreepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
Best Halloween Picture Books
763 books — 603 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,275 voters
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninSomething to Tell the Grandcows by Eileen Spinelli
Picture Books About Cows
70 books — 62 voters

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Books about Books
1,394 books — 1,522 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Anybodies by N.E. Bode
Stories For Book Lovers
8,509 books — 8,984 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,730 books — 26,959 voters
Flotsam by David WiesnerTuesday by David WiesnerTime Flies by Eric RohmannThe Red Book by Barbara LehmanThe Snowman by Raymond Briggs
Wordless Picture Books
425 books — 388 voters

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanMurder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne GeorgeThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,233 books — 2,661 voters
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsOld Yeller by Fred GipsonStone Fox by John Reynolds GardinerSounder by William H. Armstrong
The dog dies...a cautionary list.
369 books — 273 voters

Scuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude Crampton
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,998 books — 10,921 voters
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Best Twists
8,702 books — 9,821 voters


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