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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by ericka (19 Lists)



The Shining by Stephen King
Scariest books of all time
646 books — 736 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodLucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven
Dystopics, Utopics, & Apocalyptics
394 books — 99 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Nuclear Apocalypse
73 books — 177 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Road by Cormac McCarthyHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingEmpire Falls by Richard Russo
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,753 books — 6,913 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,097 books — 5,941 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters
Dubliners by James JoyceThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsSelected Poems, 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney
Best Irish Literature
635 books — 723 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,712 voters
1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,876 books — 49,843 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakWorld War Z by Max BrooksOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Best Audiobooks
1,634 books — 1,163 voters
Naked by David SedarisMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Books that Make you Laugh
3,547 books — 5,232 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,275 voters
The Heart of the Matter by Graham GreeneDubliners by James JoyceThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,454 books — 12,133 voters

The Secret by Rhonda ByrneLeft Behind by Tim LaHayeMiles to Go by Miley CyrusConfessions of an Heiress by Paris HiltonThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,640 books — 5,990 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,684 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Young Adult Books
13,323 books — 80,576 voters
The Awakening by Kate ChopinA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,897 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
78,988 books — 294,116 voters