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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by John Davis (24 Lists)



U.S.A. by John Dos PassosMain Street / Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Library of America
224 books — 49 voters
The Revolution Betrayed by Leon TrotskyHistory of the Russian Revolution by Leon TrotskyImperialism by Vladimir Lenin1937 by Vadim Z. RogovinStalin's Terror of 1937-1938 by Vadim Z. Rogovin
Socialist Classics
424 books — 337 voters

An American Tragedy by Theodore DreiserMain Street by Sinclair LewisThe Jungle by Upton SinclairBabbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
100 books — 53 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaGerminal by Émile Zola
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,021 books — 604 voters

The Jungle by Upton SinclairAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,670 voters
Doctor Faustus by Thomas MannThe Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndrićJoseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
838 books — 1,151 voters

Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellHomage to Catalonia by George OrwellU.S.A. by John Dos PassosMan's Fate by André Malraux
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
922 books — 1,261 voters
Babbitt by Sinclair LewisMain Street by Sinclair LewisAn American Tragedy by Theodore DreiserElmer Gantry by Sinclair LewisAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
784 books — 1,133 voters

American Pastoral by Philip RothSabbath's Theater by Philip RothThe Human Stain by Philip Roth
The New York Times Best Works of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years
40 books — 92 voters
Martin Eden by Jack LondonBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannSister Carrie by Theodore DreiserThe Jungle by Upton SinclairThe House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
488 books — 860 voters

A Harlot High and Low by Honoré de BalzacLost Illusions by Honoré de BalzacThe Unknown Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac
All about Balzac.
46 books — 22 voters
Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas MannAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayMiddlemarch by George Eliot
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters

The Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMartin Eden by Jack London
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
105 books — 491 voters
Death and the Dervish by Meša SelimovićThe Aesthetics of Resistance, Vol. 1 by Peter Weiss
Complete Review's A+ & A Rated Books
109 books — 14 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Tin Drum by Günter GrassJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,876 books — 49,844 voters
Germinal by Émile ZolaThe Mill on the Floss by George EliotLost Illusions by Honoré de BalzacEugénie Grandet by Honoré de BalzacCousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,754 books — 6,913 voters

Martin Eden by Jack LondonBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaSister Carrie by Theodore DreiserThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,332 books — 5,899 voters
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The ACTUAL 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
219 books — 322 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
Crash Course in Slavic Literature
443 books — 233 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLolita. by vladimir-nabokov
Greatest Eastern European Classics
445 books — 265 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,708 voters
Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred DöblinMcTeague by Frank NorrisThe Ragazzi by Pier Paolo PasoliniThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
"State of the Nation" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
135 books — 67 voters

Artamène ou Le Grand Cyrus by Madeleine de Scudéry
Thickest Books Ever
892 books — 2,488 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceThe Waves by Virginia WoolfGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,065 voters