Top Retellings of Classic Tales

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



The Book of Lights by Chaim PotokThe Fires of Vesuvius by Mary BeardPagan Holiday by Tony PerrottetThe Lost Queen of Egypt by Lucile MorrisonHow Much for Just the Planet? by John M. Ford
My Odd-Ball Books List
323 books — 42 voters
Master and Commander by Patrick O'BrianPost Captain by Patrick O'BrianH.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'BrianThe Mauritius Command - Folio Society Edition by Patrick O'BrianDesolation Island - Folio Society Edition by Patrick O'Brian
Folio Society Editions
446 books — 66 voters

Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonI, Robot by Isaac AsimovDifferent Seasons by Stephen KingApollo 13 by Jim Lovell
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,215 books — 6,118 voters
Katherine by Anya SetonWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanTime and Chance by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Greatest Knight by Elizabeth ChadwickDevil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman
Medieval England (Historical Fiction)
381 books — 177 voters

Genius by James GleickThe Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse TysonSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman/What Do You Care What Other... by Richard P. Feynman
Scientists and Philosophers
233 books — 157 voters
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia NasarGenius by James Gleick
Books ABOUT Nobel Laureates
132 books — 13 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
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs
1,108 books — 1,122 voters
The Human Division by John ScalziThe Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. TolkienThe Summer Queen by Elizabeth ChadwickDressing the Queen by Angela KellyRiver of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Can't Wait Books of 2013
2,492 books — 11,698 voters

Katherine by Anya SetonThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
Faction
444 books — 82 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerLong Way Round by Ewan McGregorNothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Favorite Travel Books
2,014 books — 3,938 voters

For the King by Catherine Delors
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,161 books — 764 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteSoul Music by Terry PratchettAll Roads Lead to Austen by Amy Elizabeth SmithPrairie Fever by Peter PagnamentaShooting Victoria by Paul Thomas Murphy
2012: The Over 35s favourite books of 2012
787 books — 246 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerPeter the Great by Robert K. MassieRubicon by Tom HollandMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserCleopatra by Stacy Schiff
Best History Books
3,639 books — 3,670 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books You Are Tired Of Hearing About
735 books — 1,011 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëEmma by Jane AustenWives and Daughters by Elizabeth GaskellKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetGod Is an Englishman by R.F. Delderfield
Novels of Domestic Life
423 books — 140 voters
Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyThe Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Best Sibling Books
756 books — 356 voters

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsHawkmistress! by Marion Zimmer BradleyGentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
Girls disguised as Boys
849 books — 959 voters
Collapse by Jared DiamondApocalypse by Amos NurCatastrophe by David KeysAncient Egyptian Magic by Bob BrierThe Murder of Tutankhamen by Bob Brier
Best Popular Anthropology Books
358 books — 268 voters

Rubicon by Tom HollandNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonKrakatoa by Simon WinchesterAn Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
Learn About History
460 books — 186 voters
After Rome by Morgan LlywelynShadow on the Crown by Patricia BracewellChildren of Liberty by Paullina SimonsPalisades Park by Alan BrennertVenus in Winter by Gillian Bagwell
Historical Fiction 2013
386 books — 2,104 voters

Julie and Julia by Julie PowellAll Roads Lead to Austen by Amy Elizabeth SmithOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanLiving a Year of Kaddish by Ari Goldman
A Year in the Life
195 books — 314 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSchindler's Ark by Thomas KeneallyA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.2 and Above
908 books — 452 voters

Confessions of a Guidette by Nicole "Snooki" PolizziGoing Rogue by Sarah PalinBirth Control is Sinful in the Christian Marriages and also R... by Eliyzabeth Yanne Strong-And...Confessions of an Heiress by Paris HiltonHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann Coulter
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,029 books — 5,327 voters
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,674 books — 14,019 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckIn Patagonia by Bruce ChatwinCountry Driving by Peter HesslerThe Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
Have Passport Will Travel
702 books — 586 voters
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanTime and Chance by Sharon Kay PenmanDevil's Brood by Sharon Kay PenmanTo Defy a King by Elizabeth Chadwick
Dynasties in Fiction
184 books — 61 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettTopping from Below by Laura ReeseThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
OverHyped and Not Worth It
204 books — 150 voters
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerCollapse by Jared Diamond
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,222 books — 4,381 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellShōgun by James ClavellThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters
Ross Poldark by Winston GrahamDemelza by Winston GrahamCareless in Red by Elizabeth GeorgeA Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth GeorgeMistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt
Cornwall
207 books — 109 voters