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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Peter (7 Lists)



Plainsong by Kent HarufGiants in the Earth by O.E. RølvaagBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderO Pioneers! by Willa Cather
The Great Plains
316 books — 141 voters
The Neon Wilderness by Nelson AlgrenThe Murphy Stories by Mark CostelloThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Bit on the Side by William TrevorOther Electricities by Ander Monson
Collections of Short Stories
2,938 books — 2,074 voters

Chicago by Nelson AlgrenThe Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson AlgrenThe Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Coast of Chicago by Stuart DybekSister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Books Set in Chicago
762 books — 343 voters
Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg
The Lost Classics list
63 books — 14 voters

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Overcoat by Nikolai GogolThe Dead by James Joyce
World's Greatest Novellas
736 books — 1,475 voters
The Mimic's Own Voice by Tom WilliamsChicago Stories by Michael Czyzniejewski
Underdog Literature: 2012
231 books — 75 voters

Hunger by Knut HamsunDoctor Glas by Hjalmar SöderbergGiants in the Earth by O.E. RølvaagBarabbas by Pär LagerkvistThe Birds by Tarjei Vesaas
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,224 books — 1,251 voters