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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Phil Bird (12 Lists)



On Writing by Stephen KingBird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Best Books on Writing
801 books — 1,333 voters
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,287 books — 2,480 voters

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Best Books on Creative Life
513 books — 625 voters
On Writing by Stephen KingZen in the Art of Writing by Ray BradburyBird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Best Books on Writing Fiction
163 books — 107 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
Best Crime Pulps
160 books — 36 voters
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster WallaceA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
Best Book of Essays
402 books — 183 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Cult Classics
1,570 books — 2,124 voters
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Apocalypses and Dystopias
899 books — 660 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stand by Stephen KingAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,387 books — 123,387 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
747 books — 1,003 voters

Welcome to Hard Times by E.L. Doctorow
the best, IMHO, and in no particular order
20 books — 3 voters
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldThis Is Water by David Foster Wallace
Books that make you think.
1,132 books — 1,116 voters