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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by JoDee (331 Lists)



Home Fire by Kamila ShamsieDelicious Foods by James HannahamKindred by Octavia E. ButlerSwimming Lessons by Claire FullerBecoming by Michelle Obama
ATY 2020 - Title Without A, T, or Y
253 books — 75 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA Summons to Memphis by Peter TaylorA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesOhio by Stephen MarkleyMendocino Fire by Elizabeth Tallent
ATY 2020 - Place in the Title
746 books — 83 voters

Triangulum by Masande NtshangaThe Book of X by Sarah Rose EtterWithout Protection by Gala Mukomolova
ATY 2020 - Underrated or Lesser Known Books
167 books — 62 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonHow to be Both by Ali SmithThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodFuture Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
ATY 2020 - A Book by an Author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
271 books — 71 voters

Swimming Lessons by Claire FullerThe Unseen World by Liz MooreReservoir 13 by Jon McGregorMiracle Creek by Angie Kim
ATY 2020 - Mystery
139 books — 51 voters
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelThe Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichAmerican Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
ATY 2020 - A book published in 2020
380 books — 137 voters

The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles DickensRebecca by Daphne du MaurierAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithUlysses by James Joyce
ATY 2020 - The Classics
96 books — 47 voters
Please Don't Come Back From The Moon by Dean BakopoulosDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukHell by Kathryn Davis
ATY 2020 - Related to Maximilian Hell
67 books — 46 voters

Prairie Fires by Caroline FraserThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteOut of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah
ATY 2020 - Historical Fiction or History
280 books — 59 voters
The Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiHome Fire by Kamila ShamsiePrairie Fires by Caroline FraserThe Changeling by Victor LaValleBehold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
ATY 2020 - A book from the New York Times ‘100 Notable Books’ list for any year
135 books — 60 voters

Fierce Kingdom by Gin PhillipsEvery Man Dies Alone by Hans FalladaMoloka'i by Alan Brennert
ATY 2020 - Books About Survival
202 books — 69 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThe Bone People by Keri HulmeWays to Disappear by Idra NoveyThe Old Drift by Namwali SerpellPeople in the Room by Norah Lange
ATY 2020 - A book set in the southern hemisphere
193 books — 67 voters

Transcription by Kate AtkinsonThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahBrother in Ice by Alicia Kopf
ATY 2020 - A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
206 books — 71 voters
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiSleeping Giants by Sylvain NeuvelThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenRabbit, Run by John UpdikeThe Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
ATY 2020 - The first book in a series you have not started.
465 books — 67 voters

The Heart's Invisible Furies by John BoyneDelicious Foods by James HannahamThe Farm by Joanne RamosThe Immortalists by Chloe BenjaminThe Bone People by Keri Hulme
ATY 2020 - A Book Featuring A Nontraditional Family
142 books — 68 voters
The Bone People by Keri HulmeLittle Fish by Casey PlettThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodCrow Lake by Mary LawsonThe Wonder by Emma Donoghue
ATY 2020 - Australian, Canadian, or New Zealand Authors
428 books — 84 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaSleeping Giants by Sylvain NeuvelBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonSwimming Lessons by Claire FullerEverything Under by Daisy Johnson
ATY 2020 - A book with an “ing” word in the title
1,123 books — 81 voters
The Immortalists by Chloe BenjaminThe Power by Naomi AldermanThe Wonder by Emma DonoghueThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodThe Farm by Joanne Ramos
ATY 2020 - Two-Word Titles Starting with "The"
693 books — 89 voters

NW by Zadie SmithHeads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-SpiresThe 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonThe Incendiaries by R.O. KwonRed Clocks by Leni Zumas
ATY 2020 - Geometric Pattern or Element Cover
147 books — 55 voters
Kitchen by Banana YoshimotoSwimming Lessons by Claire FullerKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Guest Cat by Takashi HiraideStrange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
ATY 2020 - Related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
140 books — 70 voters

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWest by Carys DaviesThe Guest Cat by Takashi HiraideThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
ATY 2020 - A book that can be read in a day
345 books — 56 voters
The Great Mortality by John KellyDue Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner HospitalThe Plague of Doves by Louise ErdrichDeath in Summer by William TrevorI Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell
ATY 2020 - A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
283 books — 84 voters

Bitter in the Mouth by Monique TruongThe Boy Who Went Away by Eli GottliebThe Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun WangThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsFreshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
ATY 2020 - Neurodiverse Characters
211 books — 160 voters
The Gifted School by Bruce HolsingerBehold the Dreamers by Imbolo MbueBecoming by Michelle ObamaThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiRed Clocks by Leni Zumas
ATY 2020 - Books Related to News Stories
185 books — 72 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerHow to Stop Time by Matt HaigThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
ATY 2020 - A Book Related To Time
288 books — 92 voters
The Great Alone by Kristin HannahKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannPrairie Fires by Caroline FraserThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyWanting by Richard Flanagan
ATY 2020 - A Book Set in a Rural Area
418 books — 111 voters

The Museum of Modern Love by Heather RoseThe Ensemble by Aja GabelThe Portrait by Iain PearsThe Unconsoled by Kazuo IshiguroDancer by Colum McCann
ATY 2020 - A Book Related To The Arts
308 books — 104 voters
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerEnvy by Yury OleshaThe Madness of Love by Katharine DaviesThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati RoyMade for Love by Alissa Nutting
ATY 2020 - A Book with an Emotion in the Title
622 books — 108 voters

Careless Love by Peter GuralnickLast Train to Memphis by Peter GuralnickThe Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiDo Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
ATY 2020 - Books Based on "We Didn't Start the Fire"
309 books — 113 voters
City on Fire by Garth Risk HallbergHome Fire by Kamila ShamsieBehold the Dreamers by Imbolo MbueA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
ATY 2020 - A book set in a global city
244 books — 101 voters