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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Clarissa (20 Lists)



Watchmen by Alan MooreMaus I by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreCalvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonMaus II by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books
994 books — 602 voters
Barefoot Gen, Volume One by Keiji NakazawaBarefoot Gen, Volume Two by Keiji Nakazawa
Japanese History Through Manga
16 books — 20 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,771 books — 25,806 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Watchmen by Alan Moore
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,123 books — 1,855 voters

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Substance Abuse & Addiction
723 books — 1,323 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,000 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dune by Frank HerbertLife of Pi by Yann MartelAtonement by Ian McEwan
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,237 books — 11,482 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit by Chuck DixonThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Illustrated Book Covers
780 books — 508 voters

Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles
Worst Sequel Cover
45 books — 112 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,407 books — 11,055 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane CrosleyAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Book Titles
12,312 books — 8,683 voters
Sharp Teeth by Toby BarlowWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter BenjaminMy Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
Best Book Covers of 2008
134 books — 100 voters

Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 by Naoko TakeuchiOuran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 by Bisco Hatori
The Anime was better than the Manga
55 books — 55 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese Fiction
416 books — 335 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,233 books — 15,907 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonMarley and Me by John GroganThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Books that Made You Cry!
3,367 books — 8,002 voters

Coraline by Neil GaimanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonA Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Best Book Cover Art
12,394 books — 7,091 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,620 books — 70,141 voters

Rant by Chuck PalahniukSurvivor by Chuck PalahniukTrainspotting by Irvine WelshChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Dark Humor
743 books — 1,680 voters
The Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Princess Diaries by Meg CabotThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Bo Hampton
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,116 voters