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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kate Buck (12 Lists)



Giovanni’s Room by James BaldwinMaurice by E.M. ForsterBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxOur Lady of the Flowers by Jean GenetA Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Best Gay Fiction
2,713 books — 3,923 voters
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisDead to the World by Charlaine HarrisLiving Dead in Dallas by Charlaine HarrisClub Dead by Charlaine HarrisDead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
The Best Adult Vampire Romance Books
1,269 books — 3,502 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Must Read Classics
1,888 books — 4,750 voters
Complete Works by Arthur RimbaudLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireCollected Poems by Dylan ThomasThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonHowl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
Best Poetry Books
3,053 books — 2,633 voters

Faust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheCandide by Voltaire
Best Philosophical Literature
1,213 books — 2,793 voters
Candide by VoltaireFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Immoralist by André GideNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Philosophical Fiction
354 books — 712 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Stranger by Albert CamusNausea by Jean-Paul SartreCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
458 books — 783 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Existential Works - Oh, What Is The Meaning of Life?
305 books — 217 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,783 books — 25,863 voters
On the Road by Jack KerouacThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,891 voters

Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteUlysses by James JoyceLe Grand Meaulnes by Alain-FournierOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,816 books — 49,855 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Complete Marquis de Sade by Marquis de SadeOur Lady of the Flowers by Jean GenetSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Best Books Ever
79,033 books — 294,480 voters