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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Konstantin R. (59 Lists)



Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Booker Prize Eligible 2021
153 books — 177 voters
Mrs. Osmond by John Banville
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018
158 books — 236 voters

Days Without End by Sebastian BarryThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati RoyLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersSolar Bones by Mike McCormack
Man Booker Longlist 2017
13 books — 57 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki MurakamiAfter Dark by Haruki MurakamiThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
Best Japanese Books
774 books — 3,243 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtSnow by Orhan PamukThe Road by Cormac McCarthyRed Sorghum by Mo Yan
Goodreads 21st Century Literature Group - Most Important Books of the 21st Century
184 books — 213 voters
The Melancholy of Resistance by László KrasznahorkaiWar and War by László KrasznahorkaiThe Fox Was Ever the Hunter by Herta Müller
Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2017
141 books — 73 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Shining by Stephen KingA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
500 books — 1,053 voters
The Noise of Time by Julian BarnesThe Little Red Chairs by Edna O'BrienZero K by Don DeLillo
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2016
176 books — 196 voters

Dear Thief by Samantha Harvey
Memorable Women's Fiction
287 books — 163 voters
The Blue Guitar by John BanvilleDeath by Water by Kenzaburō ŌeThe Big Green Tent by Lyudmila Ulitskaya
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2015 Book Preview II - Fall and Winter
84 books — 161 voters

The Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,365 voters
The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy ParkerA Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence FerlinghettiSelected Poems by William Carlos Williams
Best Poetry Books
2,970 books — 2,413 voters

The Gathering by Anne EnrightHotel du Lac by Anita BrooknerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Great Stream of Consciousness Novels
145 books — 193 voters
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownWatership Down by Richard AdamsPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenFrog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold LobelCaps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Children's Books I'll Re-Read No Matter How Old I Am
2,545 books — 3,712 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFlannery O'Connor by Flannery O'ConnorLight in August by William Faulkner
100 Best American Authors
751 books — 615 voters
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo IshiguroThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Novels Set in 20th-century Britain
397 books — 213 voters

Light in August by William Faulkner
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
903 books — 1,252 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,671 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovLord of the Flies by William GoldingPnin by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,180 books — 1,506 voters
Pale Fire by Vladimir NabokovThe Collector by John Fowles
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,355 books — 1,779 voters

Runaway by Alice Munro
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2004 (fiction and nonfiction)
50 books — 49 voters
Red Sorghum by Mo YanThe Hundred Secret Senses by Amy TanThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanWhen We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,095 voters

The Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroA Spool of Blue Thread by Anne TylerThe Green Road by Anne EnrightThe Blue Guitar by John Banville
Anticipated 2015 Literary Fiction
195 books — 545 voters
The Gathering by Anne Enright
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2007 (fiction and nonfiction)
78 books — 60 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthySaturday by Ian McEwan
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2005 (fiction and nonfiction)
74 books — 72 voters
The Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroThe Blue Guitar by John BanvilleLet Me Be Frank With You by Richard FordA Spool of Blue Thread by Anne TylerThe Green Road by Anne Enright
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2015
143 books — 357 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireLes Misérables by Victor HugoA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëEragon by Christopher Paolini
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,103 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,133 voters

Watership Down by Richard AdamsThe Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Best Young Adult Books
13,055 books — 80,111 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroWatership Down by Richard AdamsWise Blood by Flannery O'ConnorMouchette by Georges Bernanos
Postmodern Literature
15 books — 8 voters


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