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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael Bacon (39 Lists)



Fever-Dreaming Marlinko by Chris KutalikVeins of the Earth by Patrick StuartDeep Carbon Observatory by Patrick StuartFever Swamp by Luke GearingA Red & Pleasant Land by Zak Smith
Best OSR RPG supplements and adventures
16 books — 5 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Children's Books
5,365 books — 6,962 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettMatilda by Roald Dahl
100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
2,318 books — 2,427 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsGulp by Mary Roach
Best Nonfiction Audio Books
448 books — 283 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,979 books — 2,838 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
How DID They Become Classics?
110 books — 176 voters

Bone, Vol. 1 by Jeff SmithAnya's Ghost by Vera BrosgolAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangBone, Vol. 6 by Jeff SmithBone, Vol. 8 by Jeff Smith
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1,480 books — 1,853 voters
Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt FractionHawkeye, Volume 2 by Matt FractionBatman by Frank Miller
Superhero Fiction
846 books — 1,240 voters

Hellboy, Vol. 1 by Mike MignolaFables, Vol. 1 by Bill WillinghamBone by Jeff Smith
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,777 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,561 books — 3,311 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternSwamplandia! by Karen Russell
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
291 books — 1,535 voters
The Great Divorce by C.S. LewisThe Problem of Pain by C.S. LewisTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisThe Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
Recommended Books (Besides the Bible) Written by Christian Authors
4,432 books — 3,637 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMatilda by Roald DahlHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best "Getting Even" Book of All Time
125 books — 136 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
89 books — 1,624 voters

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenCheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Best Lighthearted Literature
632 books — 496 voters
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History
372 books — 697 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,183 books — 12,250 voters
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,839 books — 9,200 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,603 books — 26,724 voters
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI, Robot by Isaac AsimovNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroUbik by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction
3,827 books — 7,567 voters

First Step 2 Forever by Justin BieberGoing Rogue by Sarah PalinHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterConfessions of an Heiress by Paris HiltonMiles to Go by Miley Cyrus
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,037 books — 5,315 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,697 books — 13,219 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
368 books — 741 voters
V for Vendetta by Alan MooreDeath by Neil Gaiman
Great SFF Picaresques
75 books — 118 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe BFG by Roald Dahl
Books you have read more than one time
13,117 books — 8,189 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOrlando by Virginia WoolfStardust by Neil Gaiman
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
262 books — 310 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanHarry Potter Audio Collection by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Audio Narration
1,589 books — 1,084 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Best Historical Fiction
7,852 books — 26,136 voters

V for Vendetta by Alan MooreAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,782 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,940 voters


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