diff --git a/extras/src/main/java/com/google/gson/graph/GraphAdapterBuilder.java b/extras/src/main/java/com/google/gson/graph/GraphAdapterBuilder.java
index 236cbe98..976fe832 100644
--- a/extras/src/main/java/com/google/gson/graph/GraphAdapterBuilder.java
+++ b/extras/src/main/java/com/google/gson/graph/GraphAdapterBuilder.java
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public final class GraphAdapterBuilder {
 
     void read(Graph graph) throws IOException {
       if (graph.nextCreate != null) {
-        throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected recursive call to read()");
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected recursive call to read() for " + id);
       }
       graph.nextCreate = this;
       value = typeAdapter.fromJsonTree(element);
diff --git a/extras/src/test/java/com/google/gson/graph/GraphAdapterBuilderTest.java b/extras/src/test/java/com/google/gson/graph/GraphAdapterBuilderTest.java
index a6babf42..9b69e03e 100644
--- a/extras/src/test/java/com/google/gson/graph/GraphAdapterBuilderTest.java
+++ b/extras/src/test/java/com/google/gson/graph/GraphAdapterBuilderTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ package com.google.gson.graph;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 public final class GraphAdapterBuilderTest extends TestCase {
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ public final class GraphAdapterBuilderTest extends TestCase {
     assertEquals("{'0x1':{'name':'ROCK','beats':'0x2'}," +
         "'0x2':{'name':'SCISSORS','beats':'0x3'}," +
         "'0x3':{'name':'PAPER','beats':'0x1'}}",
-        gson.toJson(rock).replace('\"', '\''));
+        gson.toJson(rock).replace('"', '\''));
   }
 
   public void testDeserialization() {
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ public final class GraphAdapterBuilderTest extends TestCase {
     Gson gson = gsonBuilder.create();
 
     assertEquals("{'0x1':{'name':'SUICIDE','beats':'0x1'}}",
-        gson.toJson(suicide).replace('\"', '\''));
+        gson.toJson(suicide).replace('"', '\''));
   }
 
   public void testDeserializationDirectSelfReference() {
@@ -89,6 +94,42 @@ public final class GraphAdapterBuilderTest extends TestCase {
     assertSame(suicide, suicide.beats);
   }
 
+  public void testSerializeListOfLists() {
+    Type listOfListsType = new TypeToken<List<List<?>>>() {}.getType();
+    Type listOfAnyType = new TypeToken<List<?>>() {}.getType();
+
+    List<List<?>> listOfLists = new ArrayList<List<?>>();
+    listOfLists.add(listOfLists);
+    listOfLists.add(new ArrayList<Object>());
+
+    GsonBuilder gsonBuilder = new GsonBuilder();
+    new GraphAdapterBuilder()
+        .addType(listOfListsType)
+        .addType(listOfAnyType)
+        .registerOn(gsonBuilder);
+    Gson gson = gsonBuilder.create();
+
+    String json = gson.toJson(listOfLists, listOfListsType);
+    assertEquals("{'0x1':['0x1','0x2'],'0x2':[]}", json.replace('"', '\''));
+  }
+
+  public void testDeserializeListOfLists() {
+    Type listOfAnyType = new TypeToken<List<?>>() {}.getType();
+    Type listOfListsType = new TypeToken<List<List<?>>>() {}.getType();
+
+    GsonBuilder gsonBuilder = new GsonBuilder();
+    new GraphAdapterBuilder()
+        .addType(listOfListsType)
+        .addType(listOfAnyType)
+        .registerOn(gsonBuilder);
+    Gson gson = gsonBuilder.create();
+
+    List<List<?>> listOfLists = gson.fromJson("{'0x1':['0x1','0x2'],'0x2':[]}", listOfListsType);
+    assertEquals(2, listOfLists.size());
+    assertSame(listOfLists, listOfLists.get(0));
+    assertEquals(Collections.emptyList(), listOfLists.get(1));
+  }
+
   static class Roshambo {
     String name;
     Roshambo beats;