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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jacob Andra (10 Lists)



The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,898 books — 26,301 voters
Seiobo There Below by László Krasznahorkai
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2013 Book Preview
98 books — 764 voters

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Notable Novels by Italian Authors
279 books — 232 voters
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
262 books — 366 voters

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time
106 books — 985 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,992 books — 26,647 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLord of the Flies by William GoldingOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois Lowry
This Is the End...
1,016 books — 1,608 voters
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best for Book Clubs
15,316 books — 19,567 voters
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiCrossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters