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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (7 Lists)



The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Paranoia in Fiction
46 books — 24 voters
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Depressing Books
429 books — 429 voters

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Historical Fiction
7,920 books — 26,341 voters
Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Conspiracy Fiction
1,436 books — 1,770 voters

Finnegans Wake by James JoyceInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceUlysses by James JoyceThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Iliad by Homer
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,064 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Best Books Ever
78,325 books — 292,067 voters

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,559 books — 123,983 voters