A Decade of Hit Books

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



Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
14 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
7,818 books — 49,880 voters

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Metafiction
446 books — 584 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,120 books — 1,743 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
3,273 books — 11,704 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
616 books — 412 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Great American Novel
673 books — 1,110 voters

Umbrella by Will Self
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
12 books — 176 voters
Thinner by Richard Bachman
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,227 books — 6,115 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
2,728 books — 13,306 voters