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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Gina (19 Lists)



Skinner Luce by Patricia Ward
Hugo 2017 Eligible Works
214 books — 353 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Pathetic "Heroines"
10 books — 7 voters

The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-ReverteGentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
Chess-themed Fiction
108 books — 140 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
7,904 books — 26,303 voters

Peppermints in the Parlor by Barbara Brooks Wallace
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
537 books — 361 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Well-Written Holocaust Books
918 books — 2,971 voters

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah MadisonVeganomicon by Isa Chandra MoskowitzThe Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper by Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Best Cookbooks
1,463 books — 1,117 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,840 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Books I Regret Reading
2,306 books — 3,225 voters
A Christmas Memory by Truman CapoteThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
842 books — 718 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryMatilda by Roald Dahl
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,343 books — 11,925 voters
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Best Alternate History
372 books — 697 voters

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Illustrated Man by Ray BradburyTales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl
Collections of Short Stories
2,915 books — 2,067 voters
Veganomicon by Isa Chandra MoskowitzVegan Yum Yum by Lauren Ulm
Best Vegan Cookbooks
293 books — 389 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill BrysonDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisI Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane CrosleyMy Life and Hard Times by James Thurber
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
992 books — 1,540 voters
What Narcissism Means to Me by Tony Hoagland
Best Book Titles
12,172 books — 8,575 voters

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,943 voters
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Worst Ending
269 books — 562 voters

Gentlemen and Players by Joanne HarrisThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,375 voters