Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mikkel Andersen (28 Lists)



The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
717 books — 3,267 voters
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,121 books — 1,752 voters

It by Stephen KingHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Horror Novels
2,139 books — 5,853 voters
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
Detective Fiction
1,252 books — 1,212 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovCatch-22 by Joseph HellerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,324 books — 5,916 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books Every Human Being Should Read
3,270 books — 2,530 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyCrash by J.G. Ballard
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,279 books — 11,764 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,235 books — 4,021 voters

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Best Paul Auster Books
25 books — 118 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradHunger by Knut Hamsun
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,744 books — 6,939 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerCatch-22 by Joseph HellerBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Great American Novel
703 books — 1,116 voters
Utopia for Realists by Rutger BregmanThe Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,382 books — 1,517 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Beautifully Written, Literary Fantasy and Science Fiction
115 books — 63 voters
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
758 books — 1,137 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerWhite Noise by Don DeLilloMason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
A Postmodernist "Canon"
273 books — 174 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,300 books — 19,382 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,804 books — 22,847 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Fiction
8,397 books — 27,556 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,658 books — 18,678 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Must Read Classics
1,910 books — 4,819 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Fall by Albert CamusHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergOn the Beach by Nevil Shute
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,166 books — 1,526 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,747 books — 13,314 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir NabokovFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Fall by Albert Camus
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,898 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Bibles for the Revolution
406 books — 199 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George Orwell
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,065 voters
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickUbik by Philip K. DickThe Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,955 books — 8,220 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDracula by Bram StokerLolita by Vladimir NabokovCatch-22 by Joseph HellerDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books Ever
80,124 books — 298,529 voters
1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Road by Cormac McCarthyHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,241 books — 126,087 voters