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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Liz (25 Lists)



McSweeney's Issue 65 by Valeria LuiselliMcSweeney's Issue 66 by Claire BoyleMcSweeney's Issue 67 by Claire BoyleMcSweeney's Issue 68 by Daniel GumbinerMcSweeney's Issue 69 by James Yeh
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
79 books — 2 voters
And I Don't Want to Live This Life by Deborah Spungen
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
542 books — 398 voters

The World According to Garp by John IrvingAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 6,997 voters
Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne SuppleePeaches by Jodi Lynn AndersonSkinny by Ibi KaslikFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Food on the Cover
1,359 books — 437 voters

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderPortrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan ThomasLong Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,032 books — 900 voters
Shadowland by Jenny CarrollThe Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Books that should get more attention
2,505 books — 1,777 voters

The Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Book Cover Art
12,395 books — 7,092 voters
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenStargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Books with 'Girl' in the Title
2,382 books — 276 voters

Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
True Crime
742 books — 626 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,456 books — 2,660 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Feminist Fiction
1,524 books — 2,688 voters
Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
Most Disappointing Books by Some of My Favorite Authors
118 books — 69 voters

Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes
Weirdest Books Ever
1,184 books — 1,195 voters
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,887 voters

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois LowryThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Most Unique Female Characters
1,134 books — 924 voters
Pink Smog by Francesca Lia Block
Francesca Lia Block Novels
27 books — 53 voters

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Guilty Pleasures - Crap You're Embarrassed to Love
401 books — 421 voters
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,607 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerOn the Road by Jack KerouacOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFight Club by Chuck PalahniukWatchmen by Alan Moore
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,138 voters
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Bitch Magazine 100 YA books for feminist readers
120 books — 62 voters

The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon [I Mean Noel] by Ellen Raskin
Best Books for Morbid Kids
736 books — 525 voters
The Witches by Roald DahlJennifer Murdley's Toad by Bruce CovilleTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettHarriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
YA Books to Create Future Storytellers
32 books — 5 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,533 books — 69,877 voters
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Dresses To Die For!
1,499 books — 2,050 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Desperate Housewives
153 books — 90 voters