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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Harriet (11 Lists)



Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,445 books — 7,451 voters
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Optimist's Daughter by Eudora WeltySaving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth HoffmanDeliverance by James Dickey
Best Southern Books
837 books — 749 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2009 Newbery Contenders
79 books — 609 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettPictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly GiffTell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee CurtisLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Fiction about Adoption
328 books — 222 voters

Hate List by Jennifer BrownBy the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne PetersBefore I Fall by Lauren OliverWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,021 books — 12,511 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,779 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Best Books Ever
78,341 books — 292,081 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnStruck by Jennifer BosworthA Dog's Journey by W. Bruce CameronDefending Jacob by William LandayCatch Me by Lisa Gardner
Best Books of 2012
3,516 books — 9,187 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch
The Best Books for a Book Club
657 books — 458 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiColumbine by Dave CullenMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
True Crime
741 books — 625 voters

Dewey by Vicki MyronThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Great Cat Books
1,603 books — 969 voters