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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joanna (13 Lists)



Annapurna by Arlene Blum
Climbing and Mountaineering
215 books — 172 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Jane Austen FanFiction
715 books — 1,005 voters

Half the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Powerful International Non-Fiction
295 books — 318 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2011 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 35 voters

A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,165 books — 10,174 voters
Child 44 by Tom Rob SmithThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,480 books — 16,398 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Medicine and Literature
2,011 books — 2,275 voters
The Stand by Stephen King
Dystopia!
1,241 books — 2,811 voters

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Fiction
8,034 books — 26,704 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters

The Collected Stories by Richard YatesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Tales of New York City
1,748 books — 1,353 voters
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters

Blindness by José Saramago
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,038 books — 26,776 voters