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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Shellie (Layers of Thought) (215 Lists)



The Unit by Ninni HolmqvistLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Song of the Whales by Uri OrlevLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Translated Speculative Fiction
379 books — 200 voters
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra CisnerosHaunted Legends by Ellen Datlow
Best Short Stories
1,754 books — 1,047 voters

The Mirror in the Well by Micheline Aharonian MarcomThe Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am by Kjersti Annesdatter SkomsvoldThe Sextine Chapel by Hervé Le Tellier
Best Dalkey Archive Titles
152 books — 85 voters
Prospero in Hell by L. Jagi LamplighterProspero Lost by L. Jagi LamplighterProspero Regained by L. Jagi LamplighterCaliban's Hour by Tad Williams
Shakespearean Names
120 books — 24 voters

The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina BronskyThree Weeks in December by Audrey SchulmanBroken Glass Park by Alina BronskyThe Woman with the Bouquet by Éric-Emmanuel SchmittYou Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
Europa Edition Books
126 books — 140 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerWoman in White by Collins / McCready / BavidgeA Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
257 books — 764 voters

Serena by Ron RashBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonDirty Little Angels by Chris TusaThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceA Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory
Best Southern Books
816 books — 738 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Cornwall
207 books — 109 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleYou by Joanna Briscoe
Books Set in Devon
82 books — 27 voters
Grendel by John Gardner
Old English from its Indo-European Roots to the Norman Conquest
192 books — 36 voters

Possession by A.S. ByattThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Victorian London
124 books — 105 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeSoulless by Gail Carriger
Alternate England
384 books — 309 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
New England Books
760 books — 373 voters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Afflicted Girls by Suzy Witten
Best of the Salem Witch Trials (fiction and nonfiction)
95 books — 193 voters

Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker
AnaMia
39 books — 8 voters
Graceling by Kristin CashorePippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Pre Teen Female Fantasy Novels
811 books — 1,099 voters

The Host by Stephenie MeyerFeed by M.T. AndersonUglies by Scott WesterfeldLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferThe City of Gold and Lead by John Christopher
Best Intro to Science Fiction for Young Readers
1,346 books — 1,527 voters
I Love Yous Are for White People by Lac SuValley Of Death by Ted MorganThe Man from Saigon by Marti LeimbachThe Unwanted by Kien NguyenThe Eaves of Heaven by Andrew X. Pham
Cambodia and Vietnam
214 books — 161 voters

Chariots of The Gods by Erich von DänikenGods in Everyman by Jean Shinoda BolenThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe Accidental Mind by David J. Linden
God
1,147 books — 117 voters
The Host by Stephenie MeyerThe White Mountains by John Christopher
Aliens Among Us
277 books — 240 voters

Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund
Marie-Antoinette in Fiction
55 books — 105 voters
The Prose Edda by Snorri SturlusonElves, Wights, and Trolls by Kveldúlf Hagan GundarssonThe Bog People by P.V. Glob
Top Books on Germanic Paganism
114 books — 40 voters

Geek Love by Katherine DunnWater for Elephants by Sara GruenMendel's Dwarf by Simon MawerA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Tsar's Dwarf by Peter H. Fogtdal
Dwarves
115 books — 96 voters
The Big Necessity by Rose George
Underpinnings
140 books — 44 voters

Possession by A.S. ByattWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettDracula by Bram StokerThe Radleys by Matt Haig
Yorkshire (fiction and nonfiction)
206 books — 91 voters
Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster BujoldTrouble and Her Friends by Melissa ScottDelirium by Lauren OliverWither by Lauren DeStefanoInside Out by Maria V. Snyder
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
890 books — 880 voters

The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodBroken Time by Maggy ThomasShards of Honour by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Host by Stephenie MeyerA Legacy of Stars by Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,705 books — 1,553 voters
Italian Folktales by Italo CalvinoAfrican Folktales by Roger D. Abrahams
Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
28 books — 43 voters

Stretching by Bob AndersonEating Well for Optimum Health by Andrew WeilHow Not to Die by Jan GaravagliaDr. Gundry's Diet Evolution by Steven R. Gundry
Books that Improve your HEALTH
432 books — 227 voters
Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa ScottFeed by M.T. Anderson
Best of Cyberpunk
359 books — 1,165 voters