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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (28 Lists)



The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
English Books on Modern Egypt
180 books — 53 voters
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Best Egyptian Books
288 books — 883 voters

Affinity by Sarah WatersStone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Historical Lesbian Fiction
266 books — 266 voters
Silver Wings by H.P. MunroLast Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Lesbian Historical Fiction
163 books — 172 voters

Any Other Name by Devan JohnsonFrederica and the Viscountess by Barbara Davies
LGBTIQ+ Regency Fiction
55 books — 21 voters
女将军和长公主 [Nǚ Jiāngjūn Hé Zhǎng Gōngzhǔ] by Qing Jun Mo Xiao泾渭情殇 [Jīng Wèi Qíng Shāng] by Qing Jun Mo Xiao谁动了我的骨灰坛[重生] [Who Moved My Ashes] by 思镜渠我的游魂小姐 [Wǒ De Yóuhún Xiǎojiě] by Qing Jun Mo XiaoNight Flowers Shirking from the Light of the Sun by Li Xing
Baihe/百合/GL/Yuri Novels
51 books — 28 voters

Perilous and Fair by Janet Brennan CroftThe Road to Middle-Earth by Tom Shippey
Tolkienology
83 books — 40 voters
Memory Mambo by Achy ObejasWe Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? by Achy ObejasHeartland by Ana Simo
Books By Cuban Lesbians
3 books — 1 voter

Spinning Silver by Naomi NovikDeathless by Catherynne M. Valente
Russian motifs in fantasy
68 books — 68 voters
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
SciFi & Fantasy Books With Beautiful Prose
111 books — 101 voters

Deathless by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,855 books — 9,218 voters
Uprooted by Naomi NovikDeathless by Catherynne M. ValenteSpinning Silver by Naomi NovikCirce by Madeline Miller
Folk Tale/Fantasy/Mythological Retellings With Dubious But Titillating Heterosexual Relationships
7 books — 2 voters

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonThe Unspoken Name by A.K. LarkwoodThe Raven and the Reindeer by T. KingfisherThe Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Lesbian Fantasy
472 books — 495 voters
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergAffinity by Sarah Waters
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,160 books — 2,697 voters

The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer
Hades and Persephone
255 books — 1,013 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Russian Literature
525 books — 2,313 voters

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Butch Women and Female Masculinity
238 books — 81 voters
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Regency, Victorian and Edwardian WLW
141 books — 134 voters

Woman and Nature by Susan Griffin
Ecofeminist nonfiction
35 books — 15 voters
The Raven and the Reindeer by T. KingfisherThe Dark Wife by Sarah DiemerRoses and Thorns by Chris Anne Wolfe
Lesbian Retellings
144 books — 61 voters

The Plantagenets by Dan Jones
Best Medieval History Books
834 books — 462 voters
The Sea Priestess by Dion FortuneTraditional Witchcraft for the Seashore by Melusine DracoThe Witch Sea by Sarah Diemer
Sea Witchcraft
22 books — 12 voters

The Plantagenets by Dan Jones
Best Middle Ages Books
1,316 books — 1,918 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,876 books — 49,844 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLes Misérables by Victor HugoJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,753 books — 6,913 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
4,186 books — 5,662 voters

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSongs of Innocence and of Experience by William BlakeRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,011 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,660 voters