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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David P (179 Lists)



American Pastoral by Philip RothCity of Thieves by David BenioffCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Fixer by Bernard MalamudPortnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
Jews in Literature
876 books — 310 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
True Crime
725 books — 607 voters

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Martian by Andy WeirFootfall by Larry NivenThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
First Contact
258 books — 356 voters
Grant by Ron ChernowThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinWashington by Ron ChernowSeveneves by Neal Stephenson
President Obama's Reading List (2009-2017)
100 books — 18 voters

Hyperion by Dan SimmonsA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeSeveneves by Neal StephensonLucifer's Hammer by Larry NivenThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Ultimate Hard Science Fiction
111 books — 160 voters
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyOld Man's War by John ScalziChildren of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Reality Dysfunction 1 by Peter F. Hamilton
Excellent Space Opera
978 books — 3,516 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Urban Fantasy With Male Lead Characters
1,022 books — 1,412 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,355 books — 1,779 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,180 books — 1,506 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
903 books — 1,252 voters

Blindness by José Saramago
Best European Science Fiction Books
255 books — 205 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDark Matter by Blake CrouchAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanAmerican War by Omar El Akkad
[ATY 2022] Alternate Reality/Worlds/History
276 books — 125 voters

The Martian by Andy Weir
Horror and Creeping Dread
61 books — 13 voters
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Found-In-Ice Stories
85 books — 28 voters

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Best Fiction about Adoption
329 books — 223 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,984 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,427 books — 18,145 voters
Stoner by John Williams
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 890 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Popular Genetics Books on Goodreads
107 books — 56 voters
Children of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyMidnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. ChalkerStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Alien protagonists
128 books — 62 voters

Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. ChalkerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Trippy Books
831 books — 892 voters
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Eco-Fiction
344 books — 321 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiBorne by Jeff VanderMeer
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,194 books — 1,088 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodForty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
Cli-Fi: Books About Climate & the Near Future
112 books — 141 voters

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
309 books — 438 voters
A Very Stable Genius by Philip Rucker
Books About, By or Involving Donald Trump
515 books — 83 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Literary Science Fiction
305 books — 230 voters
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
Best Science Fiction Series
407 books — 1,085 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Napoleonic War fiction
172 books — 159 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Rising Up and Rising Down
81 books — 27 voters


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