Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Paul Shealy (7 Lists)



The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockThe Heavenly Table by Donald Ray PollockWhere All Light Tends to Go by David JoyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Regional Grit Lit
120 books — 87 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldShutter Island by Dennis LehaneMystic River by Dennis Lehane
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,696 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyHombre by Elmore LeonardThe Shootist by Glendon Swarthout
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,357 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,885 books — 3,319 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryHow the West Was Won by Louis L'AmourAppaloosa by Robert B. ParkerTrue Grit by Charles PortisThe Shootist by Glendon Swarthout
Best Westerns
1,383 books — 1,512 voters