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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cynthia (20 Lists)



The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
Best Zombie Books Ever
249 books — 265 voters
Anno Dracula by Kim NewmanCarrion Comfort by Dan SimmonsThe Passage by Justin Cronin13 Bullets by David WellingtonNecroscope by Brian Lumley
Best Vampire HORROR Novels
91 books — 119 voters

American Prometheus by Kai Bird
Manhattan Project
56 books — 24 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeDracula by Bram StokerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Stand by Stephen KingGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Best Books Ever
78,330 books — 292,074 voters

The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Bloodletter's Daughter by Linda LaffertyMercury Falls by Robert Kroese
Best Books in the Kindle Owner's Lending Library
279 books — 310 voters
Cop Town by Karin SlaughterAn Unwilling Accomplice by Charles Todd
2014's Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers
312 books — 676 voters

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,301 books — 2,541 voters
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieThe Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,216 books — 1,262 voters

An Echo in the Bone by Diana GabaldonPompeii by Robert HarrisDoomsday Book by Connie WillisTrinity by Leon UrisJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Best Historical Fiction
7,920 books — 26,341 voters
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Snowman by Jo NesbøFaceless Killers by Henning MankellPeer Gynt by Henrik IbsenThe Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,223 books — 1,248 voters

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,204 books — 2,826 voters
The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Spy Novels
1,417 books — 2,505 voters

Dark Blood by Stuart MacBride
Tartan Noir
281 books — 147 voters
The Alchemyst by Michael ScottThe Crystal Cave by Mary StewartA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,196 books — 12,179 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
996 books — 803 voters
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini TaylorThe Undead Pool by Kim HarrisonNight Broken by Patricia BriggsHollow City by Ransom RiggsSkin Game by Jim Butcher
Can't Wait Books of 2014
2,555 books — 15,450 voters

All Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James HerriotAll Things Wise and Wonderful by James HerriotThe Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,579 books — 3,436 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,994 books — 26,649 voters

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareEldest by Christopher PaoliniA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,535 books — 69,934 voters
The Great Influenza by John M. BarryYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksGrass by Sheri S. Tepper
Books for a Pandemic
705 books — 579 voters