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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David Waldron (13 Lists)



Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Passage by Justin CroninNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,037 books — 26,773 voters
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Passage by Justin CroninNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Running Man by Richard Bachman
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,294 books — 3,491 voters

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
History of Science
487 books — 293 voters
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
Vicarious Thrills
425 books — 455 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,554 books — 3,193 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best True Crime
1,484 books — 2,113 voters

Nixon's Ten Commandments of Statecraft by Richard M. NixonThe Best and the Brightest by David HalberstamCharlie Wilson's War by George CrileCommand and Control by Eric Schlosser
American Foreign Policy
476 books — 294 voters
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard CondonThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyBerlin Game by Len DeightonLondon Match by Len DeightonMexico Set by Len Deighton
Espionage
1,029 books — 1,066 voters

The Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
Best Horror Novels
2,132 books — 5,526 voters
The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyEye of the Needle by Ken FollettBerlin Game by Len DeightonPlum Island by Nelson DeMilleMexico Set by Len Deighton
Best Spy Novels
1,455 books — 2,673 voters

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Neon Rain by James Lee BurkeThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,555 books — 5,873 voters
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Martian by Andy Weir11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Passage by Justin CroninGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,753 books — 14,424 voters

Night Fall by Nelson DeMilleThe Lion's Game by Nelson DeMillePlum Island by Nelson DeMilleWild Fire by Nelson DeMilleThe Lion by Nelson DeMille
Top Nelson DeMille Books
40 books — 124 voters