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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Riona (47 Lists)



Cloud Atlas by David MitchellLamb by Christopher MooreThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Books with Unreliable Narrators
503 books — 493 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodGood Omens by Terry PratchettOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
This Is the End...
1,016 books — 1,608 voters
Blackout by Connie WillisAll Clear by Connie WillisNight Watch by Terry PratchettTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Time Travel Novels
283 books — 258 voters

A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonGood Omens by Terry PratchettLamb by Christopher MooreCrooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
Best Dark Humor
735 books — 1,644 voters
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisKindred by Octavia E. ButlerDoomsday Book by Connie WillisNight Watch by Terry PratchettSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
876 books — 1,845 voters

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsVALIS by Philip K. Dick
SF Masterworks
203 books — 727 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleNeverwhere by Neil GaimanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Highbrow Fantasy Books
423 books — 631 voters

Babel-17 by Samuel R. DelanyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,436 books — 3,109 voters
Blackout by Connie WillisAll Clear by Connie WillisKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Shining Girls by Lauren BeukesHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,155 books — 5,437 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonHogfather by Terry PratchettSmall Gods by Terry PratchettGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Books that Make you Laugh
3,517 books — 5,208 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraUlysses by James JoyceCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Intimidating books I long to read/finish
132 books — 249 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Canada Reads 2011 - Top 40 Novels
42 books — 129 voters
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert SheaNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsUbik by Philip K. DickPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Trippy Books
855 books — 909 voters

Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook by Martha StewartBaking by Dorie GreenspanSky High by Alisa HuntsmanThe Pie and Pastry Bible by Rose Levy BeranbaumLittle Cakes from the Whimsical Bakehouse by Kaye Hansen
Dessert Cookbooks
420 books — 94 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonLamb by Christopher MooreSoul Music by Terry Pratchett
Best Humorous Books
4,421 books — 8,089 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodNight by Elie WieselBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonOld Yeller by Fred GipsonThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,942 voters
Blackout by Connie WillisAll Clear by Connie WillisThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Future Classics: Best science fiction by women written 2001-2010
155 books — 129 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSmall Gods by Terry PratchettJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeSoul Music by Terry PratchettHogfather by Terry Pratchett
Footnotes!
102 books — 75 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellDune by Frank HerbertBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
My Essential Speculative Fiction Library
49 books — 41 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Times Online 100 Best Books of the Decade (2000-2009)
100 books — 265 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNeuromancer by William GibsonHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 417 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,881 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonNeuromancer by William Gibson
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
104 books — 257 voters

Cloud Atlas by David MitchellPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,130 books — 9,158 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiElla Minnow Pea by Mark DunnThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
306 books — 551 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonBurning Chrome by William GibsonA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Cyberpunk Reading List
146 books — 76 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNeuromancer by William Gibson1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,789 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
906 books — 910 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Intro to Science Fiction for Young Readers
1,440 books — 1,708 voters


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