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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alex Drel (9 Lists)



Worm by WildbowWorth the Candle by cthulhuraejepsenUnsong by Scott AlexanderThree Worlds Collide by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Best Original Web Fiction
89 books — 147 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchMistborn by Brandon SandersonAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,096 books — 10,088 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Books Ever
78,310 books — 291,950 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,136 voters

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Steampunk Books
1,293 books — 4,126 voters
1984 by George OrwellTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,550 books — 123,949 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,655 books — 26,859 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,203 books — 2,825 voters