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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Suzanne Lang (17 Lists)



On My Own Two Feet by Manisha ThakorFinancially Fearless by Alexa Von TobelRich Bitch by Nicole LapinThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Personal Finance
208 books — 232 voters
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoWatchmen by Alan MooreTime's Arrow by Martin AmisLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Postmodern Genius
506 books — 582 voters

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Metafiction
442 books — 576 voters
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique BaubyOthello by William ShakespeareThe Awakening by Kate ChopinGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,064 books — 17,238 voters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,665 books — 6,000 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Best Love Stories
5,165 books — 9,612 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireOn the Road by Jack KerouacWhite Noise by Don DeLilloProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,071 books — 66,879 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazAtonement by Ian McEwanExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,851 books — 21,780 voters
The Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,409 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Superhero Fiction
835 books — 1,221 voters
Stargirl by Jerry SpinelliWalk Two Moons by Sharon CreechThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult Books
13,031 books — 80,086 voters

Maus I by Art SpiegelmanMaus II by Art SpiegelmanTime's Arrow by Martin AmisThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Well-Written Holocaust Books
884 books — 2,870 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,738 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
YA Books Far Better than Twilight
3,236 books — 4,903 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique BaubyThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,085 books — 1,947 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
920 books — 2,382 voters