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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Greg Olberding (21 Lists)



Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges1984 by George OrwellInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezOpen Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano
Sonemic / Rate Your Music: Favorite Books
1,059 books — 195 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanBlindness by José SaramagoThe Green Mile by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,155 books — 3,684 voters

Watchmen by Alan Moore
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,255 books — 2,435 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonHowl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,197 books — 1,516 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,134 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,829 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters
Othello by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 706 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 545 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Books Ever
78,325 books — 292,050 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books on the Worst Books of All Time List That I Love
267 books — 889 voters
The Lost Symbol by Dan BrownThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosOn the Road by Jack KerouacAnthem by Ayn RandDeception Point by Dan Brown
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,897 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters
Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoyceNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
262 books — 366 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraUlysses by James JoyceCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMoby-Dick by Herman Melville
Intimidating books I long to read/finish
132 books — 249 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,159 books — 5,439 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakA Light in the Attic by Shel SilversteinOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Children's Books I'll Re-Read No Matter How Old I Am
2,558 books — 3,749 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo NerudaThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Latin American Fiction
893 books — 1,200 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUlysses by James JoyceThe Holy Bible by AnonymousOn the Road by Jack KerouacInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters