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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (15 Lists)



Stiff by Mary RoachCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Medicine and Literature
2,012 books — 2,275 voters
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Best of John Irving
29 books — 349 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,781 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Gothic Books of All Time
646 books — 3,642 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books Set in Appalachia
803 books — 844 voters
Thinner by Richard BachmanThe Mist by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
63 books — 489 voters

The Shining by Stephen King
Scariest books of all time
646 books — 736 voters
White Oleander by Janet FitchWhere the Heart Is by Billie LettsDrowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Oprah's Book Club Picks
132 books — 2,206 voters

One Day by David Nicholls
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters
If There Be Thorns by V.C. Andrews
Best Of V.C. Andrews
46 books — 85 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Most Terrifying Short Stories
376 books — 497 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,891 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,233 books — 15,908 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Pact by Jodi Picoult
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters

The Stand by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,893 voters