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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tom Fordham (11 Lists)



The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Crystal Cave by Mary StewartThe Pale Horseman by Bernard CornwellMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,410 books — 1,684 voters
Alfred the Great by AsserThe First Poems in English by Michael AlexanderThe History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of MonmouthBeowulf by UnknownEcclesiastical History of the English People by Bede
Best Anglo Saxon books
213 books — 51 voters

Beowulf by UnknownMacbeth by William ShakespeareInferno by Dante AlighieriLe Morte d'Arthur by Thomas MalorySir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain Poet
Best Middle Ages Books
1,304 books — 1,780 voters
I Am Ozzy by Ozzy OsbourneCome My Fanatics by Dan FranklinA History of Heavy Metal by Andrew O'NeillInto the Void by Geezer ButlerBlack Sabbath by Mick Wall
Best Books on Rock and Roll
904 books — 1,285 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George Orwell
Books With A Rating Of 4.0 Or Higher And At Least 100,000 votes
223 books — 16 voters
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives by Terry JonesBeowulf by UnknownThe Vikings by Else RoesdahlRiver Kings by Cat JarmanChildren of Ash and Elm by Neil Price
Best Books on Early Medieval History, Art, Literature and Archaeology
219 books — 18 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,559 books — 123,982 voters
Beowulf by UnknownDracula by Bram StokerA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy
384 books — 367 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,665 books — 26,689 voters
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDracula by Bram StokerA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gothic Books of All Time
640 books — 3,602 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerAnimal Farm by George OrwellA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Books Ever
78,325 books — 292,064 voters