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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jack Varley (50 Lists)



The Fisherman by John LanganI'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain ReidRed X by David Demchuk
101 Horror Books To Read Before You're Murdered - List
219 books — 14 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
A People's History
94 books — 9 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonOn Writing by Stephen King
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,429 books — 5,067 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "N"
339 books — 29 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Taboo Reads
1,797 books — 2,646 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryHamlet by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books on Loneliness
516 books — 497 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghNightbitch by Rachel YoderTampa by Alissa Nutting
She's Not Feeling Good at All: Sad Female Characters
235 books — 343 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNight Shift by Stephen KingThe Ruins by Scott SmithHell House by Richard Matheson
Scariest books of all time
646 books — 736 voters

The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe 9/11 Commission Report by National Commission on Terr...Saturday by Ian McEwanFall and Rise by Mitchell Zuckoff
9/11 Related
282 books — 255 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonLeaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien
Las Vegas Books
139 books — 129 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Female Malaise: She's Sad, Mad, and Bad
263 books — 237 voters
Faust, Part Two by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinCasting the Runes by M.R. JamesWe Sold Our Souls by Grady HendrixMoonchild by Aleister Crowley
Satanism And Satanists
50 books — 9 voters

The Guns of the South by Harry TurtledoveThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickFatherland by Robert HarrisWatchmen by Alan MooreA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
790 books — 1,353 voters
The Fisherman by John LanganAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerSongs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas LigottiBird Box by Josh MalermanThe Mist by Stephen King
Cosmic & Lovecraftian Horror
242 books — 111 voters

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books that punch life and happiness in the gut, and make the reader want to go to the nearest bridge over water and jump (but they don't, because that would be horrible)
231 books — 165 voters
Four Past Midnight by Stephen KingGerald's Game by Stephen KingCujo by Stephen KingFrom a Buick 8 by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
63 books — 489 voters

Cell by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William Golding
This Is the End...
1,016 books — 1,606 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Stand by Stephen KingV for Vendetta by Alan Moore1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,785 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Stand by Stephen KingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,294 books — 3,494 voters
Finders Keepers by Stephen King11/22/63 by Stephen KingCell by Stephen KingCarrie by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,893 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,277 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Daily Telegraph's 100 Novels Everyone Should Read
102 books — 104 voters

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. BriteThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Cabin at the End of the World by Paul TremblayRed X by David Demchuk
Make Horror Gay AF
81 books — 45 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,670 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,626 books — 1,555 voters
Cursed Objects by J.W. Ocker
Cult of Weird Book Club
33 books — 11 voters

Adjustment Day by Chuck PalahniukChoke by Chuck PalahniukDiary by Chuck PalahniukRant by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Chuck Palahniuk Books
26 books — 384 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Best Books About Falling Apart
57 books — 17 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Descent Into Madness Books
91 books — 56 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Madness Real and Imagined
66 books — 114 voters


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