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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jakov (14 Lists)



The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndrićBosnian Chronicle by Ivo AndrićJeževa kućica by Branko ĆopićProkleta avlija by Ivo AndrićVoćka poslije kiše by Dobriša Cesarić
Best South Slavic Literature
363 books — 308 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,100 books — 1,021 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank Herbert
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
4,247 books — 6,212 voters
Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Scar by China MiévilleIron Council by China Miéville
The New Weird
21 books — 17 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Most influential books under 100 pages
300 books — 997 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,437 books — 1,682 voters

Hiroshima Diary by Michihiko HachiyaGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,280 books — 2,632 voters
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Memoirs by Men
1,832 books — 779 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,996 books — 4,252 voters
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndrićBosnian Chronicle by Ivo AndrićBosnia by Noel MalcolmDeath and the Dervish by Meša Selimović
The Balkans
295 books — 238 voters

Last Words by George Carlin
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
949 books — 1,694 voters
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Dreamscapes
114 books — 74 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books Ever
79,697 books — 297,020 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,458 books — 2,336 voters