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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tara (13 Lists)



The Source by James A. MichenerThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Sweeping Epics about Places
82 books — 75 voters
Tolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldNight by Elie WieselThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,567 books — 123,993 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,544 books — 17,522 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMacbeth by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareLord of the Flies by William Golding1984 by George Orwell
Best School Assigned Books
765 books — 2,058 voters

The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross King
Italy
1,014 books — 537 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Most Overrated Author
106 books — 126 voters

Julius Caesar by William ShakespeareJulian by Gore VidalAntony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Best Books About Ancient Rome
757 books — 1,111 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by اللهThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Republic by Plato
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,301 voters

A People's Tragedy by Orlando FigesThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynNatasha's Dance by Orlando FigesStalingrad by Antony BeevorStalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Best Russian History Books
586 books — 420 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHamlet by William Shakespeare
Books you have read more than one time
13,145 books — 8,290 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
927 books — 2,386 voters
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif ShafakThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak1453 by Roger Crowley
Mediterranean Melting Pot (III): Byzantium and Turkey
166 books — 212 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Disappointing Books
2,773 books — 4,618 voters