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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by John Watt (21 Lists)



Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Must Read SciFi/Fantasy
206 books — 212 voters
The Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusThe History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours
The Best Books of the 6th Century
26 books — 50 voters

The Selected Poems of Li Po by Li Po
Best Books of the 8th Century
20 books — 53 voters
The Arabian Nights by AnonymousThe Anglo Saxon Chronicle by Anglo-Saxon ChronicleThe Life of Charlemagne by Einhard
Best Books of the 9th Century
18 books — 96 voters

Shahnameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Best Books of the 10th Century
13 books — 70 voters
Shahnameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Best Books of the 11th Century
24 books — 112 voters

Yvain, or, The Knight with the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes
Best Books of the 12th Century
62 books — 151 voters
The Prose Edda by Snorri SturlusonThe Nibelungenlied by UnknownNjal's Saga by Anonymous
Best Books of the 13th Century
72 books — 186 voters

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain PoetThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Joseph Bédier
Best Books of the 14th Century
63 books — 354 voters
Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas MaloryThe Mabinogion by Unknown
Best Books of the 15th Century
72 books — 163 voters

Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliUtopia by Thomas MoreThe Faerie Queene by Edmund SpenserOrlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 545 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraParadise Lost by John MiltonOthello by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 706 voters

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William BlakeThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,010 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,374 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,826 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,550 books — 123,952 voters
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen KingBlueberry Girl by Neil GaimanAbarat by Clive BarkerThe Dragondain by Richard DueCactus Thorn by Mary Hunter Austin
Most Beautiful Book Covers Ever
2,387 books — 884 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Literary Mysteries
2,657 books — 4,920 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerThe Sandman, Vol. 2 by Neil GaimanThe Sandman, Vol. 3 by Neil GaimanV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,017 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,339 books — 5,884 voters