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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ida Berg (10 Lists)



House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Scariest books of all time
646 books — 736 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickEscape from North Korea by Melanie Kirkpatrick
Books on North Korea
134 books — 513 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Horror Guaranteed to Scare the Hell out of You
64 books — 73 voters
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann RadcliffeThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Gothic novels
161 books — 164 voters

The Painted Bird by Jerzy KosińskiGuts by Chuck Palahniuk
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,670 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Adult Dystopian Books
150 books — 253 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
552 books — 764 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.1984 by George OrwellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian Books
538 books — 1,095 voters

1984 by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books for Smart People
710 books — 149 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Best Middle Ages Books
1,316 books — 1,918 voters