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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lynne (58 Lists)



Deep House by Jeremy Atherton Lin
Memoirs Published in Year: 2025
309 books — 137 voters
Anne Hawksmoor by K.C. Harry
Middle Grade Novels of 2014
537 books — 1,186 voters

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2013 Book Preview
98 books — 764 voters
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Best Historical Fiction for Children
412 books — 100 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,095 books — 5,822 voters
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
The series got worse and worse
171 books — 291 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
Best Literary Mysteries
2,655 books — 4,918 voters
The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls WilderAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingTrack of the Cat by Nevada BarrA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
672 books — 1,502 voters

Saints and Villains by Denise GiardinaThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,804 books — 10,614 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Female Lead Characters
4,894 books — 5,940 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Transcultural Fiction
422 books — 210 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,763 books — 8,991 voters

Undercurrents by Martha ManningDevil in the Details by Jennifer Traig
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,220 books — 2,440 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,531 books — 8,816 voters

The Almost Moon by Alice SeboldLife of Pi by Yann MartelCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Books I Regret Reading
2,305 books — 3,223 voters
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,872 books — 2,253 voters

The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
Out in the Cold
396 books — 138 voters
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen KentCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
Best historical fiction read in 2009
11 books — 27 voters

The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,929 books — 3,628 voters
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Books Most Likely to Create Hatred of English Literature
57 books — 91 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Books that Make you Laugh
3,517 books — 5,209 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,029 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Stories For Book Lovers
8,473 books — 8,741 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Archivist by Martha CooleyPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Books About Librarians
456 books — 578 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Middle Ages Books
1,304 books — 1,780 voters
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Best Eating Disorder Books
465 books — 999 voters

Saints and Villains by Denise GiardinaIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,980 books — 2,839 voters
MICHEL MICHEL by Robert Lewis
World War II Fiction
1,462 books — 2,165 voters

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanDigging to America by Anne TylerThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriFunny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,067 books — 1,772 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferOral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality by Glenn C. Ellenbogen
Best Book Titles
12,175 books — 8,594 voters


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