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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by 50dagzarazy (21 Lists)



The Collected Essex County by Jeff Lemire
Great Graphic Novels Without Superheroes
1,024 books — 444 voters
Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Pleasure of the Text by Roland Barthes
Books about Books
1,394 books — 1,522 voters

Leonard Cohen by Anthony ReynoldsBook of Longing by Leonard Cohen
Best Biographies/Memoirs of Popular Musicians
305 books — 184 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesIndependence Day by Richard FordThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
87 books — 362 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,032 books — 897 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Memoirs by Women
3,403 books — 3,771 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelAsterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
Best Graphic Novels
3,504 books — 6,807 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
Best Gay Fiction
2,713 books — 3,923 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique BaubyI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XChronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,268 books — 2,393 voters

The Collected Essex County by Jeff Lemire
Canada Reads 2011 - Top 40 Novels
42 books — 128 voters
Lubiewo by Michał WitkowskiPrzekwitający mak by Josef GabrielThe City and the Pillar by Gore VidalFun Home by Alison BechdelMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,937 books — 2,222 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
The First Person -- It's All About "I"
728 books — 62 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFun Home by Alison Bechdel1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
927 books — 2,391 voters

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Most Frequently Challenged Books
243 books — 139 voters
Nausea by Jean-Paul SartreStory of the Eye by Georges BatailleA Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes
Best Philosophical Literature
1,213 books — 2,793 voters

Ferdydurke by Witold GombrowiczThe Street of Crocodiles by Bruno SchulzSolaris by Stanisław Lem
Best Polish Books
573 books — 558 voters
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie MooreChronic City by Jonathan LethemAsterios Polyp by David MazzucchelliZeitoun by Dave EggersLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 118 voters

Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
Best Poetry Books
3,053 books — 2,632 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Weirdest Books Ever
1,184 books — 1,194 voters

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,837 books — 124,667 voters