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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joseph (4 Lists)



Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesHiroshima by John HerseyBlack Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt
Best American History Books
2,234 books — 2,720 voters
The Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDemocracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Most Influential Books
1,492 books — 5,299 voters

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorLight in August by William FaulknerTropic of Cancer by Henry MillerThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonAll the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenDawn by Elie WieselA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorAsk the Dust by John Fante
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,932 voters