http://www.inoreader.com/ works for me as it gives a minimalist list view and also has a decent android app.
I second this. Inoreader's UI is much better than Google reader ever was. Being a free user, I am still unable to explore much of the functionality they offer, but I hope to be a subscriber soon.
This. Inoreader's UI reminds me a lot of goold old Bloglines!
Same for me. Digg reader is now so good, that I can no more say if Google Reader was better or not. Even if google relaunches Google Reader, I will not use it. After they killed Reader I've realized how important is not to bet all on one company and nowadays I prefered diversification (dropbox, digg, spotify) rather then all in one.
Digg Reader is good, but it has issues showing the correct list of unread items.