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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Hayati (39 Lists)



Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
Penguin Modern Classics
405 books — 490 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,156 books — 1,034 voters

Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh
Books about the Indian Subcontinental Partition (fiction and nonfiction)
104 books — 112 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
On Evolution - Love It Or Hate It
202 books — 107 voters

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TolstoyA Confession by Leo TolstoyHadji Murád by Leo TolstoyThe Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy
The Best of Tolstoy
31 books — 445 voters
1984 by George OrwellAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library
102 books — 241 voters

The Republic by PlatoThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
Politics
516 books — 642 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGalileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,632 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Pearl by John SteinbeckThe Moon Is Down by John SteinbeckThe Iliad by HomerMeditations by Marcus Aurelius
Penguin Classics
595 books — 314 voters
Conversations of Socrates by XenophonFragments by Heraclitus
Ancient Greek Philosphy
121 books — 60 voters

The Sixteen Satires by JuvenalThe Complete Poems by CatullusThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusMeditations by Marcus AureliusThe Iliad by Homer
Classical World Reading List
115 books — 69 voters
Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Prophet by Kahlil GibranThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
100 Must Read Life Changing Books
207 books — 150 voters

Oedipus by SenecaSix Tragedies by SenecaLetters from a Stoic by SenecaOn the Shortness of Life by SenecaSeneca by Seneca
Seneca: Playwright, Philosopher, and Imperial Tutor
35 books — 4 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Pastures of Heaven by John SteinbeckThe Red Pony by John SteinbeckTortilla Flat by John SteinbeckThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
Steinbeck's Country
42 books — 35 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseGandhi by Mahatma GandhiThe Last Mughal by William DalrympleTrain to Pakistan by Khushwant SinghThe Painter of Signs by R.K. Narayan
India
1,033 books — 885 voters
My Name Is Red by Orhan PamukFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,065 voters

Confessions by Augustine of Hippo
The Best Spiritual Autobiographies
170 books — 188 voters
Philosophical Dictionary by VoltaireAn Answer to the Question by Immanuel Kant
The Enlightenment and its Impact
289 books — 100 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TolstoyThe Pearl by John SteinbeckCommon Sense by Thomas Paine1984 by George Orwell
Literature
510 books — 633 voters
Candide by VoltairePhilosophical Dictionary by VoltaireZadig et autres contes by Voltaire
The Encyclo­pedists
19 books — 17 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,425 books — 5,058 voters
Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri
Best Medieval Literature
166 books — 134 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
100 Best American Authors
754 books — 617 voters
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Quick Reads
1,086 books — 718 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensCandide by Voltaire
World's Greatest Novellas
737 books — 1,475 voters
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaGalileo's Daughter by Dava SobelVita Nuova by Dante Alighieri
Italy
1,027 books — 547 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,844 voters
رباعيات خيام by Omar Khayyám
Medieval Persian Philosopher-Poets: Rumi, Hāfez, Omar Khayyám and ‘Attār of Nishapur
112 books — 103 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,233 books — 15,908 voters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareLayla and Majnun by Nizami Ganjavi
Star-Crossed Lovers
168 books — 157 voters


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