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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mik (11 Lists)



Red Star Over China by Edgar SnowTaiwan by Denny RoyForging the Golden Urn by Max OidtmannEnglish Lessons by James L. HeviaMaoism and the Chinese Revolution by Elliott Liu
Chinese History & Culture
61 books — 1 voter
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset MaughamCakes and Ale by W. Somerset MaughamThe Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset MaughamThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamLiza of Lambeth by W. Somerset Maugham
Best of W. Somerset Maugham
91 books — 15 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareAntony and Cleopatra by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
105 books — 1,244 voters
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu SonglingThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheCandide by VoltaireCritique of Practical Reason by Immanuel KantAn Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,010 voters

Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousHistory of the Peloponnesian War by ThucydidesTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Art of War by Sun Tzu
Best Books of the Ancient World
277 books — 294 voters
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset MaughamCakes and Ale by W. Somerset MaughamThe Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset MaughamThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
The best of W. Somerset Maugham
28 books — 42 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,822 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBlack Skin, White Masks by Frantz FanonA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,192 books — 1,607 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAgainst Nature by Joris-Karl HuysmansThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyHunger by Knut HamsunDead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,750 books — 6,905 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxWorkers' Councils by Anton PannekoekThe Rosa Luxemburg Reader by Rosa LuxemburgOn Power and Ideology by Noam ChomskyThe Revolution Betrayed by Leon Trotsky
Socialist Classics
422 books — 336 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDead Souls by Nikolai GogolThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyDemons by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol by Nikolai Gogol
Best Russian Literature
522 books — 2,300 voters