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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Leif (19 Lists)



The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Drawing of the Three by Stephen KingAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Dark Fantasy
560 books — 725 voters
The Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Player of Games by Iain M. BanksUbik by Philip K. DickMother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
/r/PrintSF Recommends Science Fiction Novels
368 books — 301 voters

Experimental Film by Gemma FilesThe Rim of Morning by William SloaneSongs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas LigottiThe Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon PadgettThe Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan
Cosmic & Lovecraftian Horror
242 books — 110 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Awakening by Kate ChopinBeloved by Toni MorrisonMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Feminist Fiction
1,546 books — 2,775 voters

Caravaggio by Andrew Graham-Dixon
Artist Biographies
205 books — 78 voters
Prophet, Volume 1 by Brandon GrahamProphet, Volume 2 by Brandon GrahamProphet, Volume 3 by Brandon GrahamProphet, Volume 5 by Brandon GrahamProphet, Volume 4 by Brandon Graham
Best of Image Comics
386 books — 448 voters

Prophet, Volume 1 by Brandon GrahamThe Collected Fantasies, Vol. 3 by MœbiusAkira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
Best Science Fiction Graphic Novels/Comics
346 books — 165 voters
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. JamesLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisThe Green Man by Kingsley Amis
Haunted Houses
614 books — 616 voters

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. HornfischerPacific Crucible by Ian W. TollWar without Mercy by John W. DowerKaigun by David C. Evans
Best Books on the Pacific War
239 books — 262 voters
The Wavering Knife by Brian EvensonThe Islanders by Christopher PriestMagic for Beginners by Kelly LinkThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Hip Opinions
313 books — 116 voters

The Wavering Knife by Brian EvensonCold Hand in Mine by Robert AickmanSong for the Unraveling of the World by Brian EvensonThe House on the Borderland by William Hope HodgsonThe Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett
Dark Literature
274 books — 178 voters
The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of by Thomas M. DischMicroworlds by Stanisław Lem
Science Fiction Criticism
137 books — 29 voters

The Making of Modern Japan by Marius B. JansenThe Pacific War, 1931-1945 by Saburo Ienaga
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History - Supernova in the East
84 books — 2 voters
King Rat by James ClavellThe Fleet at Flood Tide by James D. HornfischerWar without Mercy by John W. DowerThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. HornfischerEmpire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
World War II - Pacific Theatre
289 books — 127 voters

Haunted Castles by Ray RussellThe Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon PadgettOccultation and Other Stories by Laird BarronThe Three Impostors by Arthur MachenThe Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan
The Essential Short Story Collections of Weird and Horror Fiction
105 books — 39 voters
B.P.R.D. by Mike MignolaAkira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro OtomoSuperman by Mark MillarMarvel 1602 by Neil GaimanAbsolute DC by Darwyn Cooke
Best Superhero Graphic Novels
640 books — 438 voters

Twenty-One Stories by Graham GreeneA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon PadgettCold Hand in Mine by Robert AickmanA Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson
Unsettling Fictions: Short Stories that Live Beneath the Skin
139 books — 35 voters
The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon PadgettBlindsight by Peter WattsCold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman
Ligottian
58 books — 22 voters

Magic for Beginners by Kelly LinkViriconium by M. John HarrisonThe Cipher by Kathe KojaThe Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird BarronOccultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron
New Weird Books
209 books — 156 voters