Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/4867814-lisa-james">Lisa James</a> (62 Lists)

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The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Pompeii by Robert Harris

In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant

The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone

The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis

Historical Fiction - Italy

245 books — 101 voters

Roots by Alex Haley

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus

My Name Is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira

Cane River by Lalita Tademy

Best American Civil War Books

998 books — 975 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Sophie’s Choice by William Styron

Manic depression and bi-polar illness in literature

169 books — 197 voters

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Next Ten Books To Read

160 books — 76 voters

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Books that SHOULD be on the 1001-list but aren't

444 books — 123 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Inferno by Dan Brown

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

52 Books In 52 Weeks - 2013

158 books — 210 voters

Jazz by Toni Morrison

Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Nobel Laureates

659 books — 563 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century

1,414 books — 2,282 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville

The Great American Novel

666 books — 1,088 voters

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Best Indian Fiction Books

913 books — 2,421 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)

526 books — 1,889 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Unputdownable Favorites

145 books — 65 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Fictional Bookworms

177 books — 122 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Books You Hate To Put Down

1,523 books — 672 voters

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

The Best Fairytales and Retellings

2,785 books — 9,161 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Best Fictional Pets

175 books — 49 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Books That Never Get Old

70 books — 20 voters

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King

1,509 books — 1,490 voters

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

Best Chick-Lit I've Ever Read

1,481 books — 2,684 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

"50 Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read" by China Miéville

50 books — 110 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award

82 books — 1,610 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels

4,402 books — 18,080 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Ireland by Frank Delaney

2,349 books — 2,190 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels

983 books — 4,115 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living by Bailey White

Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction

921 books — 1,238 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss

Best children's books EVER

2,067 books — 2,078 voters

The Stand by Stephen King

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

This Is the End...

996 books — 1,586 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Stand by Stephen King

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

1,212 books — 2,755 voters

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

Chocolat by Joanne Harris

The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK

1,132 books — 10,109 voters

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison

The Best Urban Fantasy

4,277 books — 12,463 voters

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