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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alix Epstein (20 Lists)



House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,671 voters
The Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingAre You My Mother? by Alison BechdelFaithful Place by Tana FrenchThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriAda, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books About Family Relationships
888 books — 521 voters

The Round House by Louise ErdrichThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters
King Lear by William ShakespeareHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesAffliction by Russell BanksFaithful Place by Tana French
Sibling Rivalry
109 books — 54 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
461 books — 635 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,451 books — 8,284 voters

Umbrella by Will Self
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
272 books — 782 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternGeek Love by Katherine DunnA Son of the Circus by John Irving
Circus/Carnival Books
721 books — 1,092 voters

The Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Indian Fiction Books
937 books — 2,465 voters
World War Z by Max BrooksThe Passage by Justin Cronin
Zombies!
1,709 books — 4,371 voters

The Instructions by Adam Levin
Best Jewish Books
402 books — 164 voters
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
1,325 books — 4,728 voters

Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Illicit Love
491 books — 413 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierOedipus Rex by SophoclesThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinGreat Expectations by Charles DickensHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Twists
8,705 books — 9,840 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAtonement by Ian McEwanJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best for Book Clubs
15,458 books — 19,979 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottAnathem by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,784 books — 25,866 voters

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,120 books — 1,737 voters
Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,064 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,713 books — 13,285 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Beginning
726 books — 658 voters