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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris Blocker (66 Lists)



John of John by Douglas StuartSaoirse by Charleen Hurtubise
Booker Prize Eligible 2026
263 books — 192 voters
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Worst Mothers Ever
253 books — 203 voters

Confessions by Catherine Airey
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
175 books — 171 voters
Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'ConnorWandering Stars by Tommy OrangeClear by Carys DaviesThe Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Booker Prize Eligible 2024
195 books — 181 voters

Homestead by Melinda MoustakisChain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Anticipated 2023 Literary Fiction
374 books — 217 voters
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwanBeautiful Kate by Newton Thornburg
Books with Incest as a Main Theme
279 books — 229 voters

Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony MarraYoung Mungo by Douglas StuartSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelThe Colony by Audrey MageeChouette by Claire Oshetsky
Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 217 voters
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Booker Prize Eligible 2021
153 books — 177 voters

Utopia Avenue by David MitchellApeirogon by Colum McCann
Booker Prize Eligible 2020
160 books — 109 voters
Bait by Keri Hulme
Large Discrepancies Between Anticipated and Actual Publications
17 books — 17 voters

Lanny by Max Porter
Booker Prize 2019 Longlist
13 books — 44 voters
Machines like Me by Ian McEwan
Worst Cover Art
435 books — 254 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
9/11 Related
280 books — 254 voters
The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey
Best Halloween Picture Books
763 books — 603 voters

An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie ObiomaSpring by Ali SmithBangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya SudbanthadLanny by Max Porter
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2019
175 books — 186 voters
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018
158 books — 237 voters

Brass by Xhenet AliuWinter by Ali Smith
Anticipated 2018 Literary Fiction
228 books — 202 voters
History of Wolves by Emily FridlundDays Without End by Sebastian BarryAutumn by Ali SmithExit West by Mohsin HamidLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Man Booker Longlist 2017
13 books — 57 voters

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersThe Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,032 books — 897 voters
Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides
2017 Books I'm Psyched About
72 books — 110 voters

Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Wings' Ache: Forthcoming for 2017
103 books — 12 voters
Juneteenth by Ralph EllisonThe Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck
Best Known Unfinished Novels/Series
62 books — 81 voters

My Father Is a Book by Janna Malamud SmithAn Absorbing Errand by Janna Malamud SmithOther Side of Eden by John Steinbeck IVIn Touch by John Steinbeck IV
Children of Authors
22 books — 3 voters
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
Man Booker Prize shortlist 2015
6 books — 22 voters

Listen to Me by Hannah PittardWhy We Came to the City by Kristopher JansmaVersion Control by Dexter Palmer
Patience is Wisdom's Companion: Forthcoming for 2016
55 books — 32 voters
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Authors With Only One Novel
133 books — 120 voters

Monstress by Lysley Tenorio
Birds on a cover
747 books — 162 voters
The Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Great Forgetting by James RennerThe Making of Zombie Wars by Aleksandar Hemon
The Soul's Possession: Forthcoming for 2015
60 books — 44 voters

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. RowlingThe Uses of Enchantment by Heidi JulavitsThe Rehearsal by Eleanor CattonAmerica Pacifica by Anna North
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,404 books — 259 voters
The Bone Clocks by David MitchellAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet: Incoming for 2014
60 books — 104 voters


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