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
3,241 books — 11,443 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
848 books — 492 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
107 books — 52 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
443 books — 594 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,350 books — 7,960 voters

Umbrella by Will Self
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
262 books — 774 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternGeek Love by Katherine DunnA Son of the Circus by John Irving
Circus/Carnival Books
712 books — 1,085 voters

The Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Indian Fiction Books
921 books — 2,438 voters
World War Z by Max BrooksThe Passage by Justin Cronin
Zombies!
1,671 books — 4,324 voters

The Instructions by Adam Levin
Best Jewish Books
398 books — 130 voters
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
1,258 books — 4,637 voters

Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Illicit Love
485 books — 336 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierOedipus Rex by SophoclesThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinGreat Expectations by Charles DickensHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Twists
8,400 books — 9,118 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
15,005 books — 18,878 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
8,550 books — 24,856 voters

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,121 books — 1,766 voters
Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Most Difficult Novels
592 books — 2,047 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,618 books — 13,160 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Beginning
722 books — 654 voters