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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jakob (13 Lists)



The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
Best Humorous Fantasy and Science Fiction
1,110 books — 1,255 voters
The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks
Best Poetry Books
3,051 books — 2,610 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,158 books — 5,438 voters
The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys by Bahá'u'lláhThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinConfessions of an Economic Hit Man by John PerkinsThe Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth GalbraithThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Books that make you think.
1,150 books — 1,165 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Audio Narration
1,588 books — 1,085 voters
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. DonaldsonThe Color of Magic by Terry PratchettFullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu Arakawa
Most Interesting Magic System
2,700 books — 8,905 voters

On Writing by Stephen King
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,266 books — 8,148 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan PoeAesop’s Fables by Aesop
Must Read Classics
1,879 books — 4,717 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Philosophical Literature
1,205 books — 2,845 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonSmall Gods by Terry PratchettI Am America by Stephen Colbert
Best Humorous Books
4,422 books — 8,096 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,557 books — 123,972 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Most Overrated Books
725 books — 667 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Books Ever
78,319 books — 292,037 voters