Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ben James (11 Lists)



The Mirror & the Light by Hilary MantelA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaA Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan PamukSatin Island by Tom McCarthyThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
The Soul's Possession: Forthcoming for 2015
60 books — 44 voters
American Pastoral by Philip RothThe Ghost Writer by Philip RothSabbath's Theater by Philip RothThe Plot Against America by Philip RothThe Human Stain by Philip Roth
Best Philip Roth Books
32 books — 104 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthySuttree by Cormac McCarthyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Cormac McCarthy Books
17 books — 182 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiInherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,829 books — 22,006 voters

The Topeka School by Ben LernerConversations with Friends by Sally RooneyThose Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena FerranteThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,689 books — 14,194 voters
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Disaster Artist by Greg SesteroFive Star Billionaire by Tash Aw
Best Books Published in 2013
3,586 books — 7,162 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,229 books — 68,584 voters
The Godfather by Mario PuzoAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Shining by Stephen King
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,101 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,876 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonAmerican Pastoral by Philip Roth
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,784 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyRemainder by Tom McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,367 voters