Escapist Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tom Torkelson (17 Lists)



In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,872 books — 2,253 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Jews in Literature
886 books — 313 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
73 books — 2,016 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyCities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthyDead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry
Best Westerns
1,424 books — 1,602 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Long Walk by Richard Bachman
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,638 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,943 voters

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Characters Whose Story You Wish Would Continue
1,319 books — 672 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,380 voters

Gone for Good by Harlan CobenSnow Angels by James ThompsonThe Coffin Dancer by Jeffery DeaverHelsinki White by James ThompsonLucifer's Tears by James Thompson
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,301 books — 2,541 voters
The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery DeaverThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonJack & Jill by James PattersonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAlong Came a Spider by James Patterson
Thrillers
4,914 books — 6,262 voters

The White Lioness by Henning MankellThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonHelsinki White by James ThompsonMiss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter HøegSnow Angels by James Thompson
Murder Most Cold
266 books — 417 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters

Helsinki White by James Thompson
My Favorite Reads of 2012
31 books — 9 voters
Helsinki White by James Thompson
Best Books of 2012
3,516 books — 9,187 voters

Solo Faces by James SalterLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Lincoln Lawyer by Michael ConnellyThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonMind's Eye by Håkan Nesser
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 727 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Kick-Butt Heroines
2,353 books — 2,429 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters