Spring Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Susanne E (19 Lists)



Beauty by Robin McKinleySpindle's End by Robin McKinleyElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Retold Fairy Tales
154 books — 27 voters
My Life in France by Julia ChildIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,235 books — 1,641 voters

Mairelon the Magician by Patricia C. WredeMagician's Ward by Patricia C. WredeWise Child by Monica Furlong
Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels
2,229 books — 2,850 voters
The Outcast Dead by Elly GriffithsThe Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
Most Anticipated Mysteries of 2014
134 books — 382 voters

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFeversThe Diviners by Libba Bray
YA Historical Fiction 2012
127 books — 727 voters
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGrawThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareQuest for a Maid by Frances Mary HendryTime Enough for Drums by Ann Rinaldi
Old-School Teen Historical Romance
362 books — 161 voters

When Everything Changed by Gail CollinsThe Good Girls Revolt by Lynn PovichCollege Girls by Lynn PerilHow to Be a Woman by Caitlin MoranAmerica's Women by Gail Collins
Reading Recommendations for a Young Feminist
271 books — 239 voters
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Janissary Tree by Jason GoodwinHer Royal Spyness by Rhys BowenIn the Woods by Tana French
Best Books to Make into a PBS Series
464 books — 387 voters

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFeversJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Historical Fantasy
332 books — 285 voters
The Janissary Tree by Jason GoodwinThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters
Best Historical Mystery
2,203 books — 4,710 voters

Case Histories by Kate AtkinsonThe Likeness by Tana FrenchThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaOne Good Turn by Kate AtkinsonWhen Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
Best Literary Mysteries
2,620 books — 4,743 voters
Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,430 books — 2,348 voters

Arabesque by Claudia RodenThe Age of Sinan by Gülru NecipoğluLords of the Horizons by Jason GoodwinThe Snake Stone by Jason GoodwinThe Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
Mediterranean Melting Pot (III): Byzantium and Turkey
164 books — 210 voters
Crown Duel by Sherwood SmithI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithCold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsBeauty by Robin McKinleyThe Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Most Comforting Books (The Literary Version of Bread Pudding)
1,296 books — 930 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
463 books — 1,588 voters
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Most Over Hyped and Annoying Books Ever
561 books — 602 voters

See Delphi and Die by Lindsey DavisThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisShadows in Bronze by Lindsey DavisVenus in Copper by Lindsey DavisThe Iron Hand of Mars by Lindsey Davis
Best Books About Ancient Rome
741 books — 1,091 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Everyone's Read It But Me
774 books — 4,529 voters

How to Cook Everything by Mark BittmanMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildThe Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie KatzenVegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah MadisonThe New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden
Best Cookbooks
1,457 books — 1,112 voters