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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Vicki (16 Lists)



The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
Best Irish Literature
635 books — 722 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieIn Cold Blood by Truman CapotePresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,460 books — 16,251 voters

I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
The Best Young Adult Books I Could Absolutely Never Ever Live Without in a Million Years!!
492 books — 312 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,996 books — 26,654 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
13,079 books — 8,596 voters
The Audacity of Hope by Barack ObamaEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertLiving History by Hillary Rodham ClintonA Million Little Pieces by James FreyA New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Code of the Woosters by P.G. WodehouseThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
561 books — 545 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,567 books — 123,993 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William GoldingChild of God by Cormac McCarthy
Darkest Books of All Time
1,314 books — 1,732 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonZombie by Joyce Carol OatesPop. 1280 by Jim Thompson
I Like Serial Killers
1,030 books — 1,559 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonRosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Best Horror Novels
2,121 books — 5,511 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisInfected by Scott SiglerTitus Andronicus by William ShakespeareThe Ruins by Scott Smith
The Goriest Books Ever
410 books — 630 voters

Now They Call Me Infidel by Nonie DarwishCruel and Usual Punishment by Nonie Darwish
Best Books About Islam & Muslims
723 books — 724 voters
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books with Unreliable Narrators
503 books — 493 voters

Henry V by William ShakespeareBartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleThe Odyssey by HomerOur Town by Thornton WilderA Rose for Emily and Other Stories by William Faulkner
Best Books Ever
78,358 books — 292,121 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Spider by Patrick McGrathThe Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabeThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Unique Narrators
401 books — 348 voters