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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Vigdis (40 Lists)



The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Best Indian Fiction Books
932 books — 2,464 voters
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Intimidating books I long to read/finish
132 books — 249 voters

Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Penguin English Library
137 books — 446 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
46 books — 214 voters

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Great "Dog" Books
1,347 books — 1,976 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,259 voters

Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Best Books Published in 2013
3,586 books — 7,153 voters
A Room of One's Own by Virginia WoolfBooks v. Cigarettes by George OrwellWhy I Write by George OrwellSome Thoughts on the Common Toad by George OrwellOn Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
Penguin Great Ideas
121 books — 93 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
I Would If I Could
110 books — 44 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Footnotes!
102 books — 75 voters

The People of Paper by Salvador PlascenciaHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Metafiction
444 books — 582 voters
The People of Paper by Salvador PlascenciaCloud Atlas by David MitchellExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoPale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
306 books — 551 voters

The People of Paper by Salvador PlascenciaCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,826 voters
Papillon by Henri Charrière
Butterflies
578 books — 200 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Those Books That Will Stay With Me Forever
95 books — 52 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,994 books — 26,649 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books to Read Before You're 30
785 books — 306 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,339 books — 5,885 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Russian Literature
524 books — 2,306 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonLife of Pi by Yann MartelCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
World Book Night 2011 (UK)
25 books — 34 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,095 books — 5,822 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
265 books — 777 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books Ever
78,343 books — 292,084 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,830 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Books You Will Want To Keep Re-Reading
223 books — 127 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,764 books — 8,990 voters
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Twists
8,649 books — 9,604 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A Book My Father Gave Me
264 books — 222 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,638 voters


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