Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/828742-bette">Bette</a> (20 Lists)

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

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Books with the Best Sets of Characters

478 books — 146 voters

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Literary Fiction

42 books — 12 voters

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

1984 by George Orwell

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Most Influential Novels

40 books — 19 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

83 books — 19 voters

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Books that are really really really REALLY good

27 books — 6 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

50 Books to Read Before You Die, ala A Metal Bookmark

50 books — 50 voters

Room by Emma Donoghue

TO DIE FOR 2000 - 2015 STAND-ALONES

1,980 books — 5,353 voters

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Best Books of Summer 2012

40 books — 234 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)

529 books — 1,889 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies

2,087 books — 1,938 voters

Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas

Best Biographies

1,648 books — 2,928 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Different Seasons by Stephen King

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn & Maggie-Now by Betty Smith

The Client by John Grisham

Popular Good Reads

114 books — 34 voters

A Man Called Intrepid by William Stevenson

Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)

156 books — 106 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

Tight Plot Novels

92 books — 130 voters

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett

The Russia House by John le Carré

Best Spy Novels

1,285 books — 2,245 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

Ultimate Backpacking Novels

469 books — 1,134 voters

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)

292 books — 1,539 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Most Depressing Book of All Time

1,241 books — 3,903 voters

Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price by The Church of Jesus Christ ...

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

The Worst Books of All Time

8,100 books — 19,874 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Best Books Ever

75,707 books — 281,476 voters