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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Adam (24 Lists)



Animal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Must Read Classics
1,877 books — 4,713 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Literary Fiction
1,595 books — 1,572 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,750 books — 6,905 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
105 books — 490 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William Golding
The ACTUAL 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
218 books — 317 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtHigh Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,681 voters

The Firm by Robin Waterfield
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,262 books — 7,667 voters
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Best Books of 1995
430 books — 193 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,709 voters
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,132 voters

The Stories of John Cheever (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by John CheeverWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonNine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayCathedral by Raymond Carver
Collections of Short Stories
2,911 books — 2,061 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,095 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,822 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,261 books — 8,115 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,368 books — 4,913 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeGlengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,255 books — 2,435 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
624 books — 2,761 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,203 books — 2,837 voters

High Fidelity by Nick HornbyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessChronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan
Best Music Books
419 books — 196 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Firm by Robin WaterfieldFight Club by Chuck PalahniukHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,040 books — 15,764 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 6,998 voters

Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Historical Fiction
7,876 books — 26,234 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
78,195 books — 291,631 voters