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



Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburySnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction
3,844 books — 7,693 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyPlayer Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,994 books — 26,649 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,565 books — 123,984 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
Most Overrated Books
725 books — 667 voters

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonShutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,460 books — 16,249 voters
The Book of Atrus by Rand MillerNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,764 books — 8,990 voters

The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Memory of Earth by Orson Scott CardA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinDragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis
Best Series
3,542 books — 9,625 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerWatchmen by Alan MooreFight Club by Chuck PalahniukSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,826 voters

James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonThe True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best children's books EVER
2,166 books — 2,336 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyV for Vendetta by Alan MoorePlayer Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,793 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,542 books — 17,518 voters
Paradise Lost by John MiltonA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Iliad by HomerThe Trial by Franz Kafka
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Ever
78,343 books — 292,083 voters
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vásquez
Best Dark Fantasy Comicbook or Graphic novel Series
15 books — 10 voters