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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rebecca Huston (311 Lists)



Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Assassination of the Archduke by Greg KingJane Austen's Letters by Deirdre Le Faye
Best Non-Fiction Books
281 books — 21 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Books I wouldn't have discovered without Goodreads
2,669 books — 1,034 voters

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai RandelDrinking Gourd by Barbara Hambly
Can't Wait Books of 2016
1,361 books — 6,397 voters
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster BujoldLeague of Dragons by Naomi Novik
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2016
428 books — 1,806 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Unhappy Marriages
482 books — 284 voters
Persuasion by Jane AustenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanScroll of Saqqara by Pauline Gedge
Your Top 5 Favorite Books of all Time - Adult Fiction.
341 books — 124 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Tsarina's Daughter by Carolly EricksonSecret Daughter of the Tsar by Jennifer Laam
Books I would Ban if I were a Dictator
150 books — 27 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
What We're Reading at Goodreads: September 2015
750 books — 817 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOur Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Books Set on Islands
1,049 books — 347 voters
The Right Stuff by Tom WolfeYeager by Chuck YeagerHornet Flight by Ken FollettTill We Meet Again by Judith Krantz
Aviation Books
392 books — 178 voters

SM 101 by Jay WisemanDifferent Loving by Gloria G. BrameThe Art Of Sensual Female Dominance by Claudia VarrinThe Female Dominant by Claudia Varrin
Best BDSM non-fiction
95 books — 131 voters
The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsFalse Colours by Georgette HeyerThe Prestige by Christopher PriestThe Meaning of Night by Michael CoxThe Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
Twins and Doppelgangers
160 books — 101 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Road by Cormac McCarthyMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenPerfume by Patrick SüskindSense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Hours by Michael Cunningham2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyContact by Carl Sagan
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,110 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,363 voters
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy MitfordThe Egg and I by Betty MacDonaldRoss Poldark by Winston Graham
Best Books 1945
38 books — 42 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyBleak House by Charles DickensThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonWinter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Masters Of Misery
407 books — 99 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIf You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather LendeA Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Wanderlust
1,051 books — 1,144 voters

Plutopia by Kate Brown
History of the Nuclear Age
230 books — 82 voters
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Last Queen by C.W. GortnerTime and Chance by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Queen of Last Hopes by Susan HigginbothamAbundance by Sena Jeter Naslund
Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction
451 books — 224 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Books for Smart People
716 books — 144 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Dystopia!
1,212 books — 2,756 voters

The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Chosen by Chaim PotokThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Tales of New York City
1,500 books — 1,214 voters
Biting the Sun by Tanith LeeThe Birthgrave by Tanith LeeElectric Forest by Tanith LeeDrinking Sapphire Wine by Tanith LeeSabella, or The Blood Stone by Tanith Lee
Best Of (And Everything By) Tanith Lee
77 books — 48 voters

The Last Plantagenets by Thomas B. CostainThe Last Duel by Eric Jager
Non-fiction books about the Hundred Years' War
119 books — 29 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesEat Pray Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe White Princess by Philippa GregoryReal by Katy Evans
Books so bad I'd rather clean house
225 books — 41 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,231 books — 118,043 voters
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughFortune's Favorites by Colleen McCulloughCaesar's Women by Colleen McCulloughCaesar by Colleen McCullough
Historical Fiction on Greece and Rome
268 books — 263 voters