Top Retellings of Classic Tales

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ida Jørsing (6 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Books I Read At University/College
1,009 books — 140 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,221 books — 118,023 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
9/11 Related
247 books — 220 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOedipus Rex by SophoclesThe Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Most influential books under 100 pages
250 books — 925 voters

Sophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,097 voters
One Day by David NichollsFreedom by Jonathan FranzenHitch 22 by Christopher HitchensThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters