Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Pushkar Deshmukh (23 Lists)



I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,958 books — 1,400 voters
Fatherland by Robert HarrisThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best Nazi novels!
45 books — 43 voters

Fatherland by Robert HarrisWe the Living by Ayn Rand1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,760 books — 25,996 voters
The Go-Between by L.P. HartleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Painted House by John Grisham
Juvenile Narrators in Books for Grown-Ups
214 books — 116 voters

A Painted House by John GrishamHow Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Coming-of-Age Memoirs
236 books — 163 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttWitness for the Prosecution and Selected Plays by Agatha ChristieDeception Point by Dan BrownThe Pelican Brief by John Grisham
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,606 voters

Gentlemen and Players by Joanne HarrisThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Double Bind by Chris BohjalianAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Best Twists
8,360 books — 9,004 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier1984 by George OrwellGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellGreat Expectations by Charles DickensBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,054 voters

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Best Philosophical Literature
1,170 books — 2,726 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Most Difficult Novels
589 books — 2,043 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingNight by Elie WieselRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Survival Stories
1,152 books — 1,605 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Body by Robin Waterfield
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,445 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
American Literature at the Movies
462 books — 179 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Newbery Medal Winner Books
104 books — 373 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoVeronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Best Literature in Portuguese
476 books — 488 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Best Southern Literature
1,343 books — 2,573 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsLife of Pi by Yann MartelWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëSophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,603 books — 13,147 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Can't Do Without
251 books — 89 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,653 books — 120,510 voters

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeContact by Carl SaganThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,437 books — 24,677 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters

A Painted House by John Grisham
books with compelling young narrators
217 books — 176 voters