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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nessie (22 Lists)



Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Changed My World
3,297 books — 3,400 voters
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Best Books of 2008
1,647 books — 6,768 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Coming of Age Stories
756 books — 628 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonAround the Bloc by Stephanie Elizondo GriestA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Tales of Adventure
516 books — 477 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisCarry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Best Humorous Books
4,449 books — 8,327 voters
A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
Books that Made You Cry!
3,367 books — 8,002 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best for Book Clubs
15,478 books — 19,975 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,839 books — 124,650 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Southern Literature
1,393 books — 2,611 voters
The Riverside Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
Thickest Books Ever
892 books — 2,488 voters

The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellA Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel KayAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
Favorite Books of All Time
898 books — 431 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel KayTaliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead
Best Arthurian Fiction
483 books — 1,451 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,038 books — 26,777 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,663 voters

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,731 books — 26,964 voters
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Fencing fiction
156 books — 221 voters

The Prestige by Christopher Priest
Trippy Books
855 books — 909 voters
The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyDune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,770 books — 25,804 voters

A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
Favorite Books
15,096 books — 10,817 voters
Waiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettYou Can't Take it With You by Moss HartThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Batting Cage - Acting Edition by Joan AckermannPuccini's La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini
Best Play Ever
523 books — 458 voters

The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. KaufmanYou Can't Take it With You by Moss HartProof by David AuburnAnton in Show Business by Jane MartinThe Batting Cage - Acting Edition by Joan Ackermann
Best American Plays
251 books — 367 voters
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters