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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jaime Kramer (38 Lists)



The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
You Read a Book about What?
4,046 books — 2,070 voters
1984 by George OrwellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,243 books — 118,059 voters

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,654 books — 25,872 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne1984 by George OrwellThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
340 books — 470 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Character You Most Want to Sleep With
4,164 books — 5,429 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books that made you cry. =’(
329 books — 341 voters

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
11,965 books — 9,708 voters
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best books for remembering childhood
127 books — 45 voters

Replay by Ken Grimwood
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
536 books — 349 voters
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Yellowest Books Ever
1,817 books — 579 voters

Contact by Carl Sagan
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
890 books — 880 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,098 voters

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Best Books of 2009
1,768 books — 6,937 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois Lowry1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,553 books — 10,141 voters

The Twilight Collection by Stephenie Meyer
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
678 books — 1,501 voters
The Pact by Jodi Picoult
Best Jodi Picoult Books
28 books — 1,652 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTwilight by Stephenie MeyerMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,363 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Times Online 100 Best Books of the Decade (2000-2009)
100 books — 283 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,222 books — 4,381 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
920 books — 2,382 voters

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and Gardens
Best Cookbooks
1,436 books — 1,104 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
984 books — 4,118 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Abandoned Books
1,469 books — 1,467 voters
Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserMy Life in France by Julia ChildJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,220 books — 1,631 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Most Difficult Novels
583 books — 2,040 voters
She’s Come Undone by Wally LambMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Oprah's Book Club Picks
121 books — 2,199 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Ending
8,041 books — 6,048 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerReplay by Ken GrimwoodThe Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,944 books — 5,206 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books that Made You Cry!
3,351 books — 7,776 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,062 voters


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