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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Juan (19 Lists)



Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,134 books — 9,196 voters
I the Supreme by Augusto Roa BastosEl señor Presidente by Miguel Ángel AsturiasLa fiesta del chivo by Mario Vargas LlosaTirano Banderas by Ramón María del Valle-InclánSostiene Pereira by Antonio Tabucchi
Fictional Despots and Dictators
43 books — 11 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiSanshirō by Natsume SōsekiA Personal Matter by Kenzaburō ŌeUnderground by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,253 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsLucky Jim by Kingsley AmisSoldados de Salamina by Javier CercasSanshiro by Natsume SōsekiExcellent Women by Barbara Pym
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
498 books — 608 voters

Sin remedio by Antonio CaballeroDon Simeón Torrente ha dejado de … deber by Álvaro Salom BecerraLas Glorias by Matías GodoyEsto huele mal/ This smells bad by Fernando QuirozAlmas en pena chapolas negras by Fernando Vallejo
Bogotá
11 books — 1 voter
Slam Dunk, Vol. 1 by Takehiko Inoue
Best Manga Book Ever
1,255 books — 3,946 voters

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 by Paul KrugmanEnd This Depression Now! by Paul Krugman
Understanding the Financial Crisis 2008
169 books — 254 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaAlexander by Valerio Massimo ManfrediThe Sands of Ammon by Valerio Massimo ManfrediThe Ends of the Earth by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Best Historical Fiction
7,912 books — 26,316 voters

Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiPyongyang by Guy DelisleBurma Chronicles by Guy Delisle
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
415 books — 459 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
History through graphic novels
620 books — 498 voters

La profecia Romanov by Steve Berry
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,895 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,702 books — 13,225 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Philosophical Literature
1,204 books — 2,843 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
368 books — 741 voters

No se lo digas a nadie by Jaime Bayly
Best EXPLICIT books
648 books — 267 voters
The Physician by Noah Gordon
Medicine and Literature
1,973 books — 2,200 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Books Ever
78,325 books — 291,980 voters
General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithDas Kapital by Karl MarxThe Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner
Best Economics Books
454 books — 528 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenWater for Elephants by Sara GruenOnly Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Book Cover Art
12,396 books — 7,093 voters