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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Richie (18 Lists)



Ubik by Philip K. DickThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
Best of Philip K. Dick
95 books — 411 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Road by Cormac McCarthyInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
977 books — 614 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,829 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Darkest Books of All Time
1,314 books — 1,732 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Call of Cthulhu by H.P. LovecraftNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Quality Dark Fiction
2,647 books — 3,556 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Long Walk by Richard Bachman
Best Horror Novels
2,121 books — 5,511 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyGeek Love by Katherine DunnChild of God by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,637 voters

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Vietnamese-American Novels & Memoirs
61 books — 46 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAtonement by Ian McEwanCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Blindness by José SaramagoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books Ever
78,321 books — 292,038 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Historical Fiction
7,919 books — 26,339 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
464 books — 1,589 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,729 books — 25,612 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best "ugly cry" books
463 books — 979 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr.
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,302 voters