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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jack Cronin (11 Lists)



Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
12 books — 265 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerUlysses by James JoyceThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,829 voters

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Metafiction
444 books — 582 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,826 voters

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Scary People Who Write Books
98 books — 69 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisLolita by Vladimir NabokovMisery by Stephen KingBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyBreaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,637 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Best Short Stories of All Time
613 books — 383 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,095 voters

Umbrella by Will Self
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
12 books — 177 voters
Thinner by Richard Bachman
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,119 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyParadise Lost by John Milton
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters