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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kara (21 Lists)



An Entangled Bank by Joel B. HagenA Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems. by R.V. O'NeillFundamentals of Ecosystem Science by Kathie C. WeathersBiogeochemistry by William H. SchlesingerThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
History of Ecology
65 books — 5 voters
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron HurleyThe Mirror Empire by Kameron HurleyGod's War by Kameron HurleyFilter House by Nisi ShawlLightspeed Magazine, Issue 61, June 2015 by Seanan McGuire
Feminist/Black/ Postcolonial SF
106 books — 14 voters

The Mirror Empire by Kameron HurleyCity of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
Best Fantasy of 2014
150 books — 622 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerGod's War by Kameron HurleyShip Fever by Andrea BarrettStrong Poison by Dorothy L. SayersOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Year of Reading Women #readwomen2014
334 books — 77 voters

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,929 books — 3,626 voters
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,709 books — 25,683 voters

The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
Best German Authors
616 books — 707 voters
Where The Sky Began by John Madson
Sea of Grass
49 books — 13 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyShip Fever by Andrea BarrettGod's War by Kameron HurleyIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,734 books — 5,967 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Shame of the Nation by Jonathan KozolWhy We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Black History Month
558 books — 498 voters

Alanna by Tamora Pierce
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,325 books — 1,346 voters
The Emerald Horizon by Cornelia F. MutelThe Magic Thief by Sarah PrineasThe Walnut Grove Glacier Wars by Peter GerhardSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Wide Open by Deborah Coates
Iowa Authors
60 books — 30 voters

Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
Nebula Award for Best Novel
62 books — 392 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
784 books — 1,348 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Books
2,804 books — 3,852 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Books White People Need to Read
1,394 books — 1,666 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Relocation
81 books — 52 voters
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Best Biographies
1,732 books — 3,163 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best books about the Mid West
150 books — 89 voters
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldSilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Best Environmental Books
1,092 books — 1,240 voters

The Emerald Horizon by Cornelia F. MutelLandforms of Iowa by Jean Cutler PriorIowa's Geological Past by Wayne I. AndersonDeep Nature by John PearsonA Watershed Year by Cornelia F. Mutel
Iowa Nature and History
50 books — 3 voters