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



Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettNo One Is Talking About This by Patricia LockwoodLuster by Raven LeilaniTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Women's Prize 2021 Longlist
16 books — 16 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingMisery by Stephen KingMr. Mercedes by Stephen KingDuma Key by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,892 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells11/22/63 by Stephen KingKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,181 books — 5,464 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnWe Were Liars by E. LockhartOutlander by Diana GabaldonBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Beach Reads 2015
1,736 books — 2,262 voters

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingMort by Terry PratchettThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Best Humorous Books
4,449 books — 8,314 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinIt by Stephen KingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 6,999 voters

Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann
Nightmare Fuel for Children
129 books — 43 voters
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil GaimanThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterStranger Things Happen by Kelly LinkMagic for Beginners by Kelly LinkPretty Monsters by Kelly Link
Best Fantasy Short Story Collections
526 books — 295 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,859 books — 5,035 voters
The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeV for Vendetta by Alan MooreWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Alternate History
374 books — 698 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,684 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMatilda by Roald DahlThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Books about Books
1,394 books — 1,522 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollySexing the Cherry by Jeanette WintersonAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Myth and Folktale Retellings
630 books — 586 voters
The Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe Child Thief by BromThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna ClarkeStardust by Neil Gaiman
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,855 books — 9,218 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Fiction
1,545 books — 2,768 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeMatilda by Roald DahlNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Stories For Book Lovers
8,509 books — 8,985 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,838 books — 124,635 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,037 books — 26,773 voters

Holes by Louis SacharTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,317 books — 80,567 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Prestige by Christopher PriestCoraline by Neil Gaiman
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters