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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by BMK (24 Lists)



How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart LeeDigging Up Mother by Doug StanhopeStewart Lee! by Stewart LeeI, Partridge by Alan PartridgeThis Is Not Fame by Doug Stanhope
Books by Comics
200 books — 222 voters
Digging Up Mother by Doug StanhopeThis Is Not Fame by Doug StanhopeThe Dirt by Tommy Lee
Sex Drugs & Debauchery
93 books — 15 voters

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,371 books — 4,819 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein1984 by George OrwellThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickManufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Books to Read under the Trump Administration
1,171 books — 521 voters

Sphere by Michael CrichtonThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Terminal Man by Michael CrichtonRising Sun by Michael Crichton
The Best of Michael Crichton
37 books — 199 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréSmiley's People by John le CarréThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le CarréThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneA Perfect Spy by John le Carré
Best Spy Novels
1,409 books — 2,505 voters

Homicide by David SimonHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteZodiac by Robert GraysmithUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Best True Crime
1,440 books — 2,044 voters
Dispatches by Michael HerrWhere Men Win Glory by Jon KrakauerIf I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,202 books — 2,538 voters

Dispatches by Michael HerrThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Rumor of War by Philip CaputoIf I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'BrienThe Quiet American by Graham Greene
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
342 books — 649 voters
Red Harvest by Dashiell HammettThe Glass Key by Dashiell HammettGrifter's Game by Lawrence BlockSin City, Vol. 4 by Frank MillerPop. 1280 by Jim Thompson
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
750 books — 1,005 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinRant by Chuck PalahniukScalped, Vol. 1 by Jason AaronGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters
Succulent Prey by Wrath James WhiteAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisBooks of Blood by Clive BarkerBooks of Blood, Volumes Four to Six by Clive BarkerHaunted by Chuck Palahniuk
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,280 books — 11,617 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,411 books — 1,571 voters
Batman by Frank MillerBatman by Frank MillerBatman by Grant MorrisonBatman by Jeph Loeb
Best of Batman
626 books — 939 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteWhen the Wind Blows by Raymond BriggsThe Walking Dead by Robert KirkmanV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,288 books — 3,459 voters
High Fidelity by Nick HornbyChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanGet in the Van by Henry RollinsFargo Rock City by Chuck KlostermanWouldn't It Be Nice by Brian Wilson
Best Books on Rock and Roll
898 books — 1,284 voters

Swamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan MooreSin City Volume 1 by Frank MillerStarman by James RobinsonScalped, Vol. 1 by Jason AaronTransmetropolitan, Vol. 1 by Warren Ellis
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,777 voters
How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart LeeStewart Lee! by Stewart LeeBeat The Reaper by Josh Bazell
Footnotes!
102 books — 75 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinHomicide by David SimonGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensCommand and Control by Eric Schlosser
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,279 books — 8,088 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHaunted by Chuck PalahniukBooks of Blood by Clive BarkerGlamorama by Bret Easton EllisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Goriest Books Ever
409 books — 629 voters

God Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam HarrisThe Young Atheist's Handbook by Alom Shaha
Notable Atheist Books
584 books — 995 voters
World War Z by Max BrooksThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 2 by Robert KirkmanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 3 by Robert KirkmanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 4 by Robert Kirkman
Zombies!
1,703 books — 4,354 voters

On the Beach by Nevil ShuteWhen the Wind Blows by Raymond BriggsBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinRant by Chuck Palahniuk
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,017 books — 15,722 voters
Batman by Frank MillerWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels Ever
161 books — 89 voters