Halloween Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Glenna (118 Lists)



The Jewel That Was Ours by Colin DexterTears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall SmithThe Dry by Jane HarperSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
1,224 books — 1,028 voters
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
Families of Writers
428 books — 43 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickAlive by Piers Paul ReadKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Vicarious Thrills
386 books — 424 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnIn the Woods by Tana FrenchEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithSharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,184 books — 4,414 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsOut of Africa by Isak DinesenAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
Memoirs by Women
2,962 books — 2,992 voters
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Amazon 2017 Top 100 (Print) Books
100 books — 52 voters

A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carré
Fresh Air 2017
147 books — 40 voters
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
Classics by Australian Women Writers
168 books — 23 voters

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanMy Brilliant Career by Miles FranklinThe Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
Best Books Set in Australia
1,071 books — 587 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Great Women Authors
1,227 books — 333 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardA Wicked War by Amy S. Greenberg
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
465 books — 519 voters
Brick Lane by Monica AliThe Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
City Streets
867 books — 102 voters

Stoner by John WilliamsThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellLife and Fate by Vasily GrossmanThe Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 891 voters
The Schooldays of Jesus by J.M. CoetzeeHis Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae BurnetThe North Water by Ian McGuire
Man Booker 2016 Longlist
13 books — 97 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithThe Silkworm by Robert GalbraithDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
606 books — 553 voters
Missoula by Jon KrakauerOur Souls at Night by Kent HarufCuster's Trials by T.J. StilesDreamland by Sam Quinones
Amazon's 2015 Best Books of the Year: The Top 100
100 books — 113 voters

Dead Wake by Erik LarsonOur Souls at Night by Kent HarufThe Heart Goes Last by Margaret AtwoodGold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye WatkinsCuster's Trials by T.J. Stiles
Best Books of 2015 - The Critics' Picks
100 books — 22 voters
The Idea of Perfection by Kate GrenvilleUltima Thule by Henry Handel RichardsonA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteThe Secret River by Kate GrenvillePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
In Search of the Great Australian Novel
157 books — 15 voters

The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenDinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne TylerThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichA Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Best Dysfunctional Family Novels
178 books — 101 voters
Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesBrutal Journey by Paul Schneider
History of the American Southwest
17 books — 17 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Over 35 List: Books You Most Want to Read in 2015
1,107 books — 1,722 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtIn the Woods by Tana FrenchDubliners by James JoyceThe Likeness by Tana FrenchRoom by Emma Donoghue
Best Irish Books
686 books — 603 voters

Burmese Days by George OrwellThe Glass Palace by Amitav GhoshThe Lover by Marguerite DurasSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Best for Backpacking through Southeast Asia
315 books — 335 voters
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] by Zoë HellerDear Committee Members by Julie SchumacherThe Professor's House by Willa Cather
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
497 books — 607 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtOn Writing by Stephen KingUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,437 books — 2,948 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Best Dual-Time Historical Literary Fiction
48 books — 84 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerWreck of the Medusa by Alexander McKeeSkeletons on the Zahara by Dean King
Shipwrecks!
118 books — 96 voters
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2013 Book Preview
81 books — 747 voters


« previous 1 3 4