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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
190 books — 544 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
333 books — 708 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
376 books — 1,011 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
1,753 books — 6,913 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
7,875 books — 49,842 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
9,838 books — 22,453 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
2,132 books — 5,527 voters

Hyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Fall of Hyperion by Dan SimmonsOlympos by Dan SimmonsIlium by Dan SimmonsAnnihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Best Science Fiction
3,864 books — 7,828 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
1,197 books — 9,097 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
507 books — 1,266 voters