Escapist Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chip Auger (27 Lists)



Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Taboo Reads
1,783 books — 2,640 voters
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Time Loops
135 books — 124 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger11/22/63 by Stephen KingReplay by Ken GrimwoodA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,159 books — 5,439 voters
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Best Time Travel Stories with a Fresh, Unique Approach on the Time Travel Method, Effect, or Destination
23 books — 29 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,379 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthySharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Dark Literature
274 books — 178 voters

Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyIn the Woods by Tana FrenchGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,458 books — 16,248 voters
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Illicit Love
488 books — 337 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,898 books — 18,651 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,709 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Must Read Classics
1,879 books — 4,717 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best for Book Clubs
15,318 books — 19,609 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
927 books — 2,386 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,339 books — 5,885 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodIt by Stephen KingFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,637 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,559 books — 123,982 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,830 voters
How Fascism Works by Jason F. Stanley
Psychology And Philosophy In Mainstream Media
48 books — 11 voters

Fear by Bob WoodwardLeadership by Doris Kearns GoodwinHow Fascism Works by Jason F. Stanley
Best Non-Fiction of 2018
362 books — 285 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Characters with mental illnesses or learning disabilites
516 books — 468 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Best Books Ever
78,325 books — 292,064 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
It's Over... Life as We Knew It
61 books — 82 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Help by Kathryn StockettEast of Eden by John SteinbeckGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best (non YA) Reads
93 books — 24 voters
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters

Room by Emma Donoghue
Not the Booker Prize 2010
86 books — 179 voters
Room by Emma Donoghue
Best Books of 2010
1,577 books — 2,471 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyIn the Woods by Tana French
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters