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



Doomsday Book by Connie WillisA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Time Travel
347 books — 297 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttMaus I by Art SpiegelmanJesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
The 50 books Everyone Needs to Read, 1963-2013
50 books — 12 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonSabbath's Theater by Philip RothThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Human Stain by Philip Roth
The New York Times Best Works of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years
40 books — 92 voters
Persuasion by Jane AustenThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeBleak House by Charles DickensGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,748 books — 6,901 voters

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,288 books — 2,483 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Roald Dahl Omnibus by Roald Dahl
Best Twists
8,558 books — 9,307 voters

A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard HughesLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cult Classics
1,570 books — 2,124 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Human Stain by Philip RothOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,888 books — 49,805 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,370 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraLucky Jim by Kingsley AmisRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Best Humorous Books
4,399 books — 8,027 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Favorite books from my childhood
4,490 books — 7,656 voters