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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sue (26 Lists)



Watership Down by Richard Adams
Best Animal Books in Fantasy
280 books — 505 voters
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
63 books — 490 voters

Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Best of Peter Straub
13 books — 19 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Best Stephen King books
50 books — 84 voters

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithThe Godfather by Mario PuzoJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,103 voters
The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour M. Hersh
Politics
509 books — 516 voters

Alex–The Life of a Child by Frank Deford
Heartbreaking Memoirs
75 books — 69 voters
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,615 books — 1,522 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Rooting for the Bad Guy
689 books — 1,472 voters
Miles to Go by Miley Cyrus
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,943 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerMisery by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,255 books — 2,435 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneMystic River by Dennis LehaneA Cruel Madness by Colin Thubron
Books With Twist Endings
105 books — 81 voters
If I Did It by O.J. Simpson
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,037 books — 5,315 voters

The Shining by Stephen King
Thrillers
4,910 books — 6,368 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,502 books — 2,807 voters
The Killing fields by Sydney SchanbergAll the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best Books by Journalists
289 books — 106 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,940 voters
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,967 books — 10,857 voters

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
2,642 books — 3,652 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Great Debut Novels
1,595 books — 1,488 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Most Difficult Novels
599 books — 2,062 voters
The Shoemaker by Flora Rheta SchreiberDeranged by Harold Schechter
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,290 books — 11,633 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
78,299 books — 291,900 voters