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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Danielle (36 Lists)



Katherine by Anya SetonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa GregoryRichard III by William Shakespeare
Historical Fiction: The House of Plantagenet
213 books — 485 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathRebecca by Daphne du MaurierAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books Ever
77,899 books — 290,567 voters

When the Sirens Wailed by Noel StreatfeildA Vicarage Family by Noel Streatfeild
Best Children's Historical Fiction
842 books — 841 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Young Adult Books
13,248 books — 80,359 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Best Arthurian Fiction
482 books — 1,450 voters

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelWolf Hall by Hilary MantelAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs
1,126 books — 1,160 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
Epistolary Fiction
858 books — 856 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books That Shaped Me...
440 books — 150 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottBlack Beauty by John DavageThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
My Favorite Childhood books
757 books — 405 voters

Regeneration by Pat BarkerBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Eye in the Door by Pat BarkerThe War Poems by Siegfried SassoonThe Ghost Road by Pat Barker
World War One Literature
225 books — 358 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNumber the Stars by Lois LowryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Endless Steppe by Esther HautzigRemembrance by Theresa Breslin
Best Children's Books Involving War
186 books — 76 voters

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Crucible by Arthur MillerA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Teen Historical Novels
986 books — 1,348 voters
How Green Was My Valley by Richard LlewellynThe Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
537 books — 361 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.2 and Above
908 books — 450 voters
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
1,001 books — 984 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue TownsendThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankSo Much to Tell You by John Marsden
Best Diary Novels
170 books — 266 voters
Young Adult fiction by UK authors
411 books — 268 voters

Night by Elie WieselMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,267 books — 8,079 voters
Daphne du Maurier Collection by Daphne du MaurierRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books Set in Cornwall
177 books — 138 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesPompeii by Robert HarrisImperium by Robert HarrisLustrum by Robert Harris
Best Books About Ancient Rome
746 books — 1,097 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,839 books — 22,311 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,888 books — 49,806 voters
1984 by George OrwellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,956 books — 26,322 voters

Changing Places by David LodgeThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesStoner by John Williams
Best Fiction Set in Academia
157 books — 156 voters
The Hours by Michael CunninghamThe Line of Beauty by Alan HollinghurstBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Best Gay Fiction
2,695 books — 3,898 voters

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorBeware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn MeyerMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerThe Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Teen Historical Fiction
1,463 books — 3,233 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelKatherine by Anya SetonA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,621 books — 2,982 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryI, Claudius by Robert GravesKatherine by Anya Seton
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,791 books — 3,759 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Red Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,479 books — 2,476 voters


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