Top 10 Listopia

[JoJo]

My top 10, in no particular order.

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Book Thief
Harry Potter Boxset
The Hunger Games
The Nightingale
Les Misérables
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Kite Runner
Nancy Drew: #1-64
Assassin's Apprentice

[Winter, Group Reads]

Added to here. Looks like I wasn't the only one who thought it was hard to pick only ten ^^

[Diane L]

Margaret wrote: "That was fun. Here is my top 10:
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Phantom Tollbooth
Station Eleven
To Kill a Mockingbird
Bleak House"

I had Bleak House written down in my brainstorming but then it didn't make the top 10. Glad to see it got on the list!

[Cheri]

Wow, how to choose only 10!!!! I went back through my list and chose 10 I really loved, but there are so many more... Still, I do love all of these (in no particular order):

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
Euphoria - Lily King
The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code - Margalit Fox
Death at La Fenice - Donna Leon (first book, loved the whole series)
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Woman Warrior - Maxine Hong Kingston
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science - Atul Gawande
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan

[Kate]

Anne of Green Gables
And Then There Were None
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Forgotten Garden
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
All the Light We Cannot See
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Circle of Friends
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Tallgrass

I found it really hard to only list ten books.

[Sarah]

My top ten in no particular order (and it's quite possible that my list could be completely different tomorrow, depending on my mood...or the weather):
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
East of Eden
The Giver
The Night Circus
Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Gone with the Wind
A Game of Thrones
The Bone Collector

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated to here :)

[Leisa]

Here is my top 10:


Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

[Winter, Group Reads]

Since the task is to choose ten box and celebrate the number ten, we added a rule not to vote on box sets. For those of you who did it won't affect your vote, and you can choose another book instead and add so you have ten single books in all. You can still vote on books in series, just not the whole series as one vote.

[Lisa B]

My top 10, in no particular order:

1. The Fault in Our Stars
2. Catching Fire
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. The Nightingale
5. The Monster at the End of this Book
6. The Forgotten Garden
7. Weep No More, My Lady
8. Big Little Lies
9. The Lorax
10. The Rosie Project

[Margaret]

I can't believe I forgot about a book that I always consider a Top 10 if not a Top 5 favorite. I already voted, but I'll add an honorable mention for Swallows and Amazons, the very best family read-aloud ever.

[Gretchen]

Here's my 10
1.) Interview with the Vampire
2.)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
3.) I Know This Much Is True
4.) I, Elizabeth
5.) The Giving Tree
6.) Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
7.) The Witching Hour
8.) She's Come Undone
9.) Wolf Hall
10.) The Lightning Thief

[Blagica , Challenges]

not sure if i can just pick 10 but here i go! not sure how to add them to the listopia but will try after i post them here

1. The Notebook
2. The Girl In The Ice
3.Consequences (mind blowing roller coaster)
4. American Star
5.His to Love
6. Mastered
7. The Secret by the Lake
8.12th of Never(entire series a must)
9. Once Bitten
10. The Shining

added!

[[deleted user]]

These books are my top 10 favorites.

1) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Barry - an interesting novel in the zombie genre
2) Better World by Autumn Kalquist - a less known science fiction/dystopia novel that has amazing elements of hope, loss, joy and heartache
3) Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey - another amazing science fiction novel
4) Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
5) Redshirts by John Scalzi - a must read for any science fiction fan
6) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - a well written historical fiction romance
7) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - well written fictional portrayal of WWII told from women's perspective
8) The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - amazing fantasy novel with thieves as the heroes
9) The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters - a unique murder mystery novel written months before the world is expected to end
10) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

[Kalyn]

Here are my 10 favorites:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
2. Of Mice and Men-John Steinbeck
3. Charlotte's Web-E.B. White
4. Orphan Train-Christina Baker Kline
5. The Notebook-Nicholas Sparks
6. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain
7. The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini
8. The Diary of a Young Girl-Anne Frank
9. Love You Forever-Robert Munsch
10. Ramona the Brave-Beverly Cleary

[Erin]

My top 10 favorites today. I don't have many 5 star books, but choosing among them was hard :):

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Poisonwood Bible
Jitterbug Perfume
Brave New World
Fahrenheit 451
The Dharma Bums
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Songlines

[Janine]

Honestly, this was really hard. I have a few top standouts, but after that I have so many books I love and often my favourites change with different periods in my life, even moods. Also, some books I love because of the impact they had on my life, the friends they introduced me to or way they made me think, even if I can acknowledge plot holes or writing flaws etc.

Harry Potter will always be the most important series in my life, and I ended up putting three of them in my top. My standouts were:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Pride and Prejudice
Peter Pan

And then:
Ready Player One
Divergent
The Hunger Games
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Vicious

I could've given the last couple of slots to 10 or so books, but I just went with my gut.

[Chloe]

My top 10:

The Nightingale
Me Before You
The Rosie Project
The Time Traveler's Wife
Still Alice
Dark Horse
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Code Name Verity
Behind the Sun
Room

[Karin]

I voted! It was reeeeally hard to pick just 10!

[Ornina]

Mine are, in no particular order:
1- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling.
2-The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende.
3- Samarkand - Amin Maalouf.
4-The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett.
5-Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen.
6- Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë.
7- The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
8- The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy.
9- 1984 - George Orwell.
10- Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Vol. 1 - Neale Donald Walsch

[Winter, Group Reads]

Karin wrote: "I voted! It was reeeeally hard to pick just 10!"

Which ones did you choose Karin? :) I know, I thought it was hard too, but fun ^^

[Ellen Rory]

Choosing just ten is hard... I'm still not 100% I keep remembering other books!

My Ten Were (In no particular order)
Harry Potter
Outlander
The Poisonwood Bible
The Magician's Guild
A Game Of Thrones
Matilda
Clan Of The Cave Bear
The Road
Stardust
World War Z

These are books/series I will read again and again.

[Megan BG]

These are my picks, in no particular order (the first 9 are a lot easier to pick than the 10th!):

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
1984 by George Orwell
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons by Stephen King
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

[Holly]

When I make my list, do I need to come back here & give the link or just say I posted, or how do I know I'm entered in the giveaway? Thanks!

Winter wrote: "Top 10 Listopia
Duration: May 1 - June 30, 2016

In keeping with the theme of 10, we created a new group Top 10 Listopia specifically for you to vote for your top 10 favorite books of all time.

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[Winter, Group Reads]

Holly wrote: "When I make my list, do I need to come back here & give the link or just say I posted, or how do I know I'm entered in the giveaway? Thanks!

Winter wrote: "Top 10 Listopia
Duration: May 1 - June 3..."

The list tracks voters, but we would love to see what you chose!

[Stephanie]

In no particular order, my Top Ten were:

Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

I limited my choices to only books I rated five stars. Honorable mentions include:

Harry Potter Book Series
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

[Alison]

I haven't added mine (or voted for ones that are there) yet, but here is my list in no particular order. Some are kids books that I absolutely loved!

The Holy Bible
To Kill a Mockingbird (one of my top favs)
War and Peace (from what I've read so far, its up there)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Oh the Places You'll Go
The Girl that played with Fire
The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest
Leo the Lop
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
The Catcher in the Rye

Honorable Mention
Ender's Game
The Third Eye- by Lois Duncan

[Rachael]

Please note I have slightly altered my votes and original post (#6) because I forgot some books when I first did this.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Alison wrote: "I haven't added mine (or voted for ones that are there) yet, but here is my list in no particular order. Some are kids books gnat I absolutely loved!

The Holy Bible
To Kill a Moclongbird (one of m..."

There's a lot of very good childrens' books!

[Amber]

Added my 10 in no particular order:

Pride and Prejudice
Gone with the Wind
The Notebook
Lord of the Flies
The Power of One
Where the Heart Is
The Outsiders
Atonement
Flowers in the Attic
Needful Things

[Blagica , Challenges]

i am just going to say that i think it would be fun to make some kind of challenge out of this list not sure what kind but there are a lot of good books

[Lindsay]

Blagica wrote: "i am just going to say that i think it would be fun to make some kind of challenge out of this list not sure what kind but there are a lot of good books"

That's a great idea!

[Ozcose]

Here's my topish ten in no particular order. A few of them were stand ins so as not to make duplicates!

1. Fearless - Francine Pascal
2. The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. 1 - Diana Wynne Jones
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
4. Paradise - Toni Morrison
5. Fiona Range - Mary McGarry Morris
6. White Teeth - Zadie Smith
7. Bloodchild and Other Stories - Octavia E. Butler
8. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything - Joshua Foer
9. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
10. Rant - Chuck Palahniuk

[Monica]

My top ten, in no particular order:

1. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
3. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
4. American Pastoral by Philip Roth
5. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
6. Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
7.Tartuffe by Moliere
8. Straight Man by Richard Russo
9. Everyman by Philip Roth
10. The Human Stain by Philip Roth

[Winter, Group Reads]

Blagica wrote: "i am just going to say that i think it would be fun to make some kind of challenge out of this list not sure what kind but there are a lot of good books"

I agree :) Many of these are books I plan to read too :)

[Jamie]

I voted!

My Top 10

The Count of Monte Cristo
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
A Moveable Feast
Outlander
The Time Traveler's Wife
Pride and Prejudice
Dracula
Romeo and Juliet
The Killer Angels
Jurassic Park


Honorable Mentions:

Wuthering Heights
Garden Spells
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
A Time To Kill
Station Eleven
The Lovely Bones
A Discovery of Witches

[Susan]

My Top 10, in no particular order


1. 1984 by George Orwell
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
3. Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien
4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.R Rowling
5. Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
7. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
8. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
9. How the Marquis got his Coat back by Neil Gaiman
10. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

[Kristal]

1-3) Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings, The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
4) The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch
5) No Opportunity Wasted by Phil Keoghan
6-7) Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
8) Big Trouble by Dave Barry
9) Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
10) Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart

[Ariel]

I added my top ten. I can feel the rest of my books giving me the evil eye.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

[Winter, Group Reads]

Ariel wrote: "I added my top ten. I can feel the rest of my books giving me the evil eye.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
[book:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|245482..."

I felt that too.. But you have a great selection there!

[Ariel]

Winter wrote: "I felt that too.. But you have a great selection there!

Haha thanks, Winter. :)

[Louise]

A Court of Mist and Fury
Heir of Fire
Poison Study
The Hobbit
Touch of Power
The Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Clockwork Princess
The Hunger Games
A Game of Thrones

[Lillian]

The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by Jk Rowling
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Kandide and the Secret of the Mists by Diana S. Zimmerman
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
Nothing by Robin Friedman
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Once Upon a Marigold by [author:Jean Ferris}

[Cindee]

My top 10 books in no order

Mark of the Plague
Shadow and Bone
Texas Gothic
The Hammer of Thor
Agent 21
The Problem with Forever
Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness
Scorpia Rising
The Reluctant Assassin
Blood of My Blood

[Paula]

I added the following 10 books (in no particular order), which I hope will be little bit different:

1. The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
2. La Bâtarde by Violette Leduc
3. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee
4. If This Is a Woman: Inside by Sarah Helm
5. Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
6. Solo's Journey by Joy Smith Aiken
7. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
8. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
9. Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas
10. Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin

[Winter, Group Reads]

Paula wrote: "I added the following 10 books (in no particular order), which I hope will be little bit different:
1. The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
2. La Bâtarde by Violette Leduc
3. [boo..."

Nice! Many I don't know. I have my first Muriel Spark on my shelf waiting (Driver's Seat).

[Karolina]

Top 4 is stable, the rest in no order.

1. War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy
2. Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy
3. The Death of Ivan Ilych by Lev Tolstoy
4. The Kreutzer Sonata by Lev Tolstoy
5. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
6. 1984 by George Orwell
7. Animal Farm by George Orwell
8. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
10. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

[Nancy from NJ]

Are these books your all time favorites for this year or last year.

Thanks

[Irfken]

I think it's a general top 10 of all time.

My top 10 are:

1) The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
2) The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
3) The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
4) The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
5) Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
6) I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
7) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
8) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrow
9) Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
10) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling