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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Klingon1 (16 Lists)



Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertHyperion by Dan SimmonsBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,824 books — 4,131 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,829 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingDracula by Bram StokerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Must Read Classics
1,879 books — 4,717 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain1984 by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
78,325 books — 292,052 voters

Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Simple Living & Minimalism
100 books — 160 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil
Best Books on Rock and Roll
904 books — 1,285 voters

Endurance by Alfred Lansing
True Nautical Stories (Non-Fiction Only)
185 books — 53 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerEndurance by Alfred LansingAlive by Piers Paul Read
Books of Adventure and Survival
64 books — 70 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerAnnapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
Climbing and Mountaineering
216 books — 170 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain
Favorite Travel Books
2,050 books — 3,973 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Gentlemen's Book Club
43 books — 6 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George Orwell
Books One Should Read to Be a Pretty Cool Young Person
106 books — 33 voters

Feet in the Clouds by Richard AskwithSpartan Up! by Joe De SenaBorn to Run by Christopher McDougall
Best Ultra Marathon Books
16 books — 23 voters
Born to Run by Christopher McDougallInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Read, then Run
20 books — 8 voters

Born to Run by Christopher McDougallSpartan Up! by Joe De Sena
Inspirational Athlete Stories
99 books — 54 voters
Feet in the Clouds by Richard AskwithBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallSpartan Up! by Joe De Sena
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
236 books — 563 voters