Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Marina (19 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLongbourn by Jo Baker
Superbly Written Historical Fiction
523 books — 280 voters
The Art of War by Sun TzuBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,539 books — 8,281 voters

London in the Nineteenth Century by Jerry White
British History
817 books — 205 voters
Longbourn by Jo BakerComplete Mapp and Lucia by E.F. BensonThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellVanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
What to read when you've finished Jane Austen
520 books — 680 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,264 books — 11,777 voters
Step in Time by Anne BarbourThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
1,073 books — 4,320 voters

Sophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Pianist by Władysław SzpilmanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Well-Written Holocaust Books
957 books — 3,157 voters
Boots and Saddles by Elizabeth Bacon CusterBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownNo Life for a Lady by Agnes Morley CleavelandThe American West by Dee BrownLand of Enchantment by Marion Sloan Russell
The American Frontier
547 books — 139 voters

Таис Афинская by Ivan EfremovDiary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai GogolTaras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol
Crash Course in Slavic Literature
443 books — 237 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëBel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,745 books — 6,939 voters

Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey ArcherThe Five Orange Pips by Arthur Conan DoyleThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeThe Three Musketeers by Malvina G. VogelOne Thread Pulled by Diana J. Oaks
Five, Four, Three, Two, One-READ!
254 books — 24 voters
Inside the Victorian Home by Judith Flanders
Nonfiction Books about Servants
143 books — 28 voters

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Body in the Library by Agatha ChristieThe Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersUnnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayersThe Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
The Golden Age Queens of Crime: Christie -- Sayers -- Marsh -- Allingham -- Wentworth (fiction)
173 books — 258 voters
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersUnnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayersHangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,218 books — 1,260 voters

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeCatch-22 by Joseph HellerDubliners by James JoyceEmma by Jane Austen
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
782 books — 1,843 voters
Darcy and Fitzwilliam by Karen V. WasylowskiJane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie BarronJane and the Man of the Cloth by Stephanie BarronPemberley to Waterloo by Anna ElliottThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Pride and Prejudice Sequels/Variations/Adaptations
506 books — 983 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence SterneTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,309 books — 19,431 voters