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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Peter Simpson (11 Lists)



Dewey by Vicki MyronOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. EliotThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotBorn Free by Joy Adamson
Great Cat Books
1,581 books — 953 voters
Superstoe by William BordenAnimal Farm by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Books to Read Before You're 30
724 books — 245 voters

Misery by Stephen King11/22/63 by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Green Mile by Stephen KingCarrie by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
176 books — 3,862 voters
Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoPrince of Thorns by Mark LawrenceA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessGood Omens by Terry PratchettFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Villain Protagonist
383 books — 637 voters

The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterRivers of London by Ben AaronovitchA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingSlave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
Best Urban Fantasy SERIES
724 books — 3,751 voters
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzA Halloween Tale by Austin CrawleySix of Crows by Leigh BardugoThe Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,958 books — 5,982 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellPlato by PlatoThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinSuperstoe by William Borden
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,270 books — 1,361 voters
Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe by Karl WigginsJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Soul searching and spiritually uplifting books
36 books — 28 voters

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu ArakawaThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine AddisonTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Affinity Bridge by George MannStardust by Neil Gaiman
Best Steampunk Books
1,229 books — 4,084 voters
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Affinity Bridge by George MannThe Osiris Ritual by George MannThe Wake of the Dragon by Jaq D. Hawkins
Steampunk
428 books — 484 voters

The Wake of the Dragon by Jaq D. HawkinsNeil Gaiman's Mister Hero The Newmatic Man 2 by James VanceEscape from Neverland by Nils Nisse VisserRottingdean Rhyme by Nils Nisse Visser
Best Unknown Steampunk
241 books — 333 voters