Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Matt (11 Lists)



The Histories by Herodotus
The Best Books of the 5th Century
38 books — 64 voters
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Discourses by Niccolò MachiavelliJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 543 voters

Leviathan by Thomas HobbesCoriolanus by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareAntony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 705 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonEmile, or On Education by Jean-Jacques RousseauDiscourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques RousseauThe Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauThe Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich NietzscheOn the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,877 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Winter of Our Discontent by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,791 voters

Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeOlympos by Dan SimmonsIlium by Dan SimmonsAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,842 books — 22,013 voters
Summer of Night by Dan SimmonsDrood by Dan SimmonsThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Best Horror Novels
2,087 books — 5,456 voters

Hyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Fall of Hyperion by Dan SimmonsOlympos by Dan SimmonsIlium by Dan SimmonsAnnihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Best Science Fiction
3,671 books — 7,005 voters
Olympos by Dan SimmonsIlium by Dan SimmonsAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirCibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,229 books — 8,967 voters

Drood by Dan SimmonsAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerThe Lost World by Michael CrichtonThe Terror by Dan SimmonsThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
486 books — 1,248 voters