Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris Orlet (11 Lists)



Better Never to Have Been by David BenatarThe Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
Philosophical Pessimist Literature
29 books — 2 voters
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
Best True Crime
1,348 books — 1,917 voters

As I Lay Dying by William FaulknerTobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters
The PK Man by Jeffrey Mishlove
Outside of the Box
257 books — 30 voters

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiThey Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy
Existentially Pessimistic Reality [philosophical self discovery]
120 books — 20 voters
Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov
Philosopher John N Gray's Recommended Books
50 books — 5 voters

Papa You're Crazy by William Saroyan
Saroyan's Best
26 books — 2 voters
Walkable City by Jeff SpeckWalkable City by Jeff Speck
Mobility, Accessibility and Urbanism
70 books — 5 voters

The Bastard Hand by Heath LowranceThe Chaos We Know by Keith RawsonThe Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
Best Noir of the 21st Century
243 books — 378 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dark Humor
727 books — 1,635 voters

The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones by Charles Neider
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters