Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bob (6 Lists)



In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteSophie’s Choice by William Styron
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters
Stringer by Ward JustThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienDispatches by Michael HerrGoing After Cacciato by Tim O'BrienA Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
331 books — 638 voters

Wise Blood by Flannery O'ConnorAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleRabbit Angstrom by John Updike
A Journey Through Literary America
154 books — 221 voters
Rabbit Redux by John UpdikeWheat that Springeth Green by J.F. PowersUnderworld by Don DeLilloA Flag for Sunrise by Robert StoneThe Sportswriter by Richard Ford
Contemporary American Literature
24 books — 11 voters

The Shipping News by Annie ProulxEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerHotel du Lac by Anita BrooknerThe Sea by John BanvilleWaiting by Ha Jin
My absolute favourite contemporary books
110 books — 68 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great American Novel
671 books — 1,092 voters