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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Broc (19 Lists)



The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,720 books — 14,363 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,682 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian Fiction of All Time
461 books — 1,322 voters
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Best by Nobel Prize Authors
381 books — 285 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,011 books — 2,626 voters
The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich NietzscheTao Te Ching by Lao TzuSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Most Influential Books
1,491 books — 5,298 voters

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Humorous Paranormal Books
1,470 books — 2,072 voters
Gardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanEragon, Eldest & Brisingr by Christopher PaoliniThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,191 books — 12,261 voters

Gardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Best Fantasy Books
1,747 books — 1,524 voters
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
Best German Authors
616 books — 707 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,373 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Stories For Book Lovers
8,475 books — 8,722 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Literary Mysteries
2,656 books — 4,918 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,702 books — 13,224 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonWarbreaker by Brandon SandersonElantris by Brandon Sanderson
Most Interesting Magic System
2,700 books — 8,901 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonEragon by Christopher PaoliniGardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,632 books — 26,755 voters

Battlefield Earth by L. Ron HubbardThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyGood Omens by Terry PratchettNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,713 books — 25,750 voters
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Adventure Travel & Exploration In South America
86 books — 120 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingDune by Frank HerbertSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books Ever
78,231 books — 291,765 voters