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



The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,101 voters
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1 by Matt FractionHawkeye, Volume 3 by Matt FractionSouthern Bastards, Vol. 1 by Jason AaronNo Normal by G. Willow WilsonSaga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2014
243 books — 378 voters

Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt FractionBatman, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder
DC's The New 52 vs. Marvel NOW!
207 books — 119 voters
True Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Literary Westerns
292 books — 405 voters

True Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Best Contemporary Western Novels
122 books — 148 voters
All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison
Best of Superman
300 books — 243 voters

Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt Fraction
Marvel Now!
231 books — 310 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerPop. 1280 by Jim ThompsonThe Hunter by Richard StarkThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
779 books — 1,021 voters

Batman, Volume 1 by Scott SnyderAnimal Man, Volume 1 by Jeff LemireSwamp Thing, Volume 1 by Scott SnyderWonder Woman, Volume 1 by Brian AzzarelloAnimal Man, Volume 2 by Jeff Lemire
The New 52
321 books — 370 voters
The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins
New School of Noir
206 books — 272 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
78,964 books — 294,076 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
345 books — 297 voters

True Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsDoc by Mary Doria Russell
Best Westerns
1,438 books — 1,624 voters
100 Bullets, Vol. 1 by Brian AzzarelloPreacher, Volume 1 by Garth EnnisWatchmen by Alan MooreTransmetropolitan, Vol. 1 by Warren EllisBatman by Jeph Loeb
Best Graphic Novels
3,502 books — 6,792 voters

Lamb by Christopher MooreCatch-22 by Joseph HellerBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Best Humorous Books
4,449 books — 8,327 voters
1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,770 books — 25,801 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickUbik by Philip K. DickThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best of Philip K. Dick
95 books — 411 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters