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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Matt (19 Lists)



On the Map by Simon GarfieldA History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton
Cartography: Maps
186 books — 85 voters
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
625 books — 1,199 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Plague by Albert Camus
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,828 voters
The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillanThe Sleepwalkers by Christopher ClarkTo End All Wars by Adam Hochschild
New & Upcoming Books about the First World War
102 books — 86 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,301 voters
The War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Second Foundation by Isaac AsimovUbik by Philip K. Dick2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,729 books — 25,610 voters

The Cosmic Landscape by Leonard Susskind
Best General Science Books
590 books — 496 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,826 voters

The First World War by John KeeganRetribution by Max HastingsStrategy by B.H. Liddell HartMemoirs of General W.T. Sherman by William T. ShermanA History of Warfare by John Keegan
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,212 books — 2,616 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
This Is the End...
1,016 books — 1,607 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerAnimal Farm by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,550 books — 123,957 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,119 voters

The First World War by John Keegan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,265 books — 8,142 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsOur Dumb Century by Scott Dikkers
Best Humorous Books
4,421 books — 8,095 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 6,999 voters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Disappointing Books
2,773 books — 4,618 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,993 books — 26,645 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,225 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingEragon by Christopher PaoliniHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters