Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Peter (17 Lists)



The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanAlice in Sunderland by Bryan TalbotSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanLone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1 by Kazuo KoikeLocke & Key, Vol. 1 by Joe Hill
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,015 voters
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke AkutagawaThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Best Japanese Books
773 books — 3,249 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,538 voters
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Best Fantasy Books
1,686 books — 1,990 voters

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanSpellwright by Blake CharltonAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbDawnthief by James Barclay
Most Interesting Magic System
2,652 books — 8,776 voters
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistFirmin - Adventures Of A Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage
Disappointing Books
2,730 books — 4,599 voters

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuBlack Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,800 books — 4,930 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 1,993 voters

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo IshiguroThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneDown by the River Where the Dead Men Go by George P. Pelecanos
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,208 books — 16,826 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
THE BEST of "The Worst Books of all Time"
31 books — 7 voters

The Complete Poems by John KeatsThe Complete Poems by Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Complete Poems by William BlakeThe Complete Poems by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeCollected Poems by Ted Hughes
Best Poets
523 books — 392 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettThe Inheritors by William Golding
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,047 books — 10,575 voters

Crow by Ted HughesDeath of a Naturalist by Seamus HeaneyNot Dead by Simon Armitage
Best Poetry Books
2,993 books — 2,469 voters
Alice in Sunderland by Bryan TalbotThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan TalbotDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba
Best Graphic Novels
3,453 books — 6,773 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellCloud Atlas by David MitchellA Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books Ever
77,001 books — 286,556 voters
In a Glass Darkly by J. Sheridan Le FanuCount Magnus and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. JamesTales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Supernatural Fiction
987 books — 476 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelIf Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregorPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,872 voters