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



The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrReady Player One by Ernest ClineLuckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Best Beach Reads 2015
1,736 books — 2,262 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2015 Tournament of Books Short List
17 books — 158 voters

Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Plain Jane and Hot Stud Romance Novels
414 books — 608 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
books that can be read a billion times yet never get old
941 books — 448 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,663 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,530 books — 3,027 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferIvanhoe by Walter Scott
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,693 books — 3,287 voters
Christy by Catherine MarshallCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best Books Set in Appalachia
803 books — 844 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Gothic Books of All Time
646 books — 3,641 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,998 books — 10,921 voters

Shadow of Night by Deborah HarknessThe Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Best Books of 2012
3,516 books — 9,185 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books you have read more than one time
13,257 books — 8,417 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
540 books — 1,912 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Love Stories
5,267 books — 9,832 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Love Stories to remember
135 books — 153 voters

Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
Best Adult Romance Series
147 books — 331 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellNight by Elie Wiesel
Required Reading in High School
817 books — 1,307 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,838 books — 124,644 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Shack by William Paul YoungThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Future Required Reading
13 books — 5 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,406 books — 11,051 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Southern Literature
1,393 books — 2,611 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
All Time Favorite Romance Novels
5,942 books — 13,198 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,116 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,047 books — 3,980 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters

Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Huh? I Thought That Book Would Be Better Than It Was
878 books — 749 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Historical Fiction
8,034 books — 26,703 voters