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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Xdyj (31 Lists)



Capital by Karl MarxThe Black Jacobins by C.L.R. JamesThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Emancipatory Left
128 books — 62 voters
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
Circus/Carnival Books
719 books — 1,092 voters

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Free Speech!
114 books — 64 voters
Deathless by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Woman Who Flew by Nasreen JahanHalf Life by Shelley JacksonHeath by Tan Lin
Unheralded Books
74 books — 46 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonNights at the Circus by Angela CarterThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books That I Think About Long After I've Finished Reading Them
212 books — 83 voters
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
306 books — 551 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Books About Nanotechnology
184 books — 660 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingAngels & Demons by Dan BrownLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books You Are Tired Of Hearing About
713 books — 1,010 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyAmong Others by Jo WaltonDoomsday Book by Connie WillisSanta Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
Books that should be made into a movie/tv show
1,549 books — 1,107 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinBeloved by Toni MorrisonUse of Weapons by Iain M. BanksAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
"50 Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read" by China Miéville
53 books — 113 voters

Beloved by Toni Morrison
Seeing Red
2,194 books — 465 voters
Palimpsest by Catherynne M. ValenteA Fistful of Sky by Nina Kiriki HoffmanBig Breasts & Wide Hips by Mo YanHeart of Iron by Ekaterina SediaFamiliar Scars by Christy Leigh Stewart
embodiment
110 books — 8 voters

In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesAlice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,855 books — 9,218 voters
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHughA Billion Days of Earth by Doris Piserchia
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,164 books — 2,524 voters

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Passage by Justin Cronin
Bloody/Gory Vampire Book
38 books — 29 voters
In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteIn the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne M. ValenteAmong Others by Jo WaltonDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
Speculative Fiction that Passes the Bechdel Test
854 books — 854 voters

On Liberty by John Stuart MillThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirJustice as Fairness by John RawlsCommon Sense by Thomas PaineTwo Treatises of Government by John Locke
Best Progressive Reads
1,077 books — 734 voters
1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters

Doomsday Book by Connie WillisBeggars in Spain by Nancy KressThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonCyteen by C.J. CherryhArchangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
906 books — 909 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
483 books — 1,451 voters

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
790 books — 1,353 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryIn the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteIn the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne M. Valente
Highbrow Fantasy Books
425 books — 633 voters

In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingSunshine by Robin McKinley
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winners
84 books — 273 voters
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonMarked by P.C. CastThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,773 books — 9,052 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonCyteen by C.J. CherryhJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books With Nerdy, Geeky, or Genius Heroes and Heroines
1,149 books — 1,052 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Fantasy - Best Character Set
110 books — 108 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
London
224 books — 64 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,907 books — 1,762 voters
Doomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,181 books — 5,464 voters


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