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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Julia (17 Lists)



The Fortress by Meša Selimović
Best South Slavic Literature
363 books — 303 voters
Sugar Street by Naguib MahfouzMadonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali
History through Novels: 1900s/2000s Middle East
125 books — 82 voters

Chess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Fall by Albert CamusGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
World's Greatest Novellas
713 books — 1,437 voters
The Fall by Albert Camus
Great Short Short Books
574 books — 507 voters

Дядя Фёдор, пёс и кот by Eduard Uspensky
Best Russian Children Books
105 books — 41 voters
City of Thieves by David Benioff
World War II Fiction
1,274 books — 1,974 voters

Sugar Street by Naguib MahfouzThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouzثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa Ashour
Best Middle East Fiction
430 books — 479 voters
The Fall by Albert Camus
Unconventional, Seductive, Intelligent and Dizzyingly Surreal
741 books — 391 voters

The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,097 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
That Guilty-couldn't-finish Feeling
21 books — 11 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,141 books — 3,670 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,363 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,485 books — 16,045 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Decent ADULT books for ADULT readers
822 books — 328 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Unforgettables
11,515 books — 7,107 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,416 books — 2,284 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,867 books — 6,999 voters