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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael Flores (22 Lists)



Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Nerdventure
125 books — 215 voters
World War Z by Max Brooks1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Stand by Stephen KingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Biographies
1,754 books — 3,013 voters
The Painted Man by Peter V. BrettShadowbridge by Gregory Frost
2008 DGLA Fantasy Book Nominees
98 books — 222 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Lady of Shalott by Alfred TennysonThe Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Arthurian Legend Retold
458 books — 762 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasHamlet by William ShakespeareFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Tortured Heroes in Fiction
793 books — 799 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century by Harry Turtledove
Best books for geeks
632 books — 281 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Best Classical Science Fiction Works
112 books — 153 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFoundation by Isaac AsimovDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Science Fiction
3,865 books — 7,831 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Ever
78,982 books — 294,097 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,771 books — 25,805 voters
After Death... by Eric J. GuignardCursed by Jeremy C. Shipp
Best of Little-Known Authors
7,047 books — 5,111 voters

After Death... by Eric J. GuignardBlack Heart, Ivory Bones by Ellen DatlowBest of Contemporary Mexican Fiction by Álvaro UribeThe Norton Anthology of Short Fiction by Richard BauschGeektastic by Holly Black
Best Anthologies
1,145 books — 795 voters
After Death... by Eric J. Guignard
Best Indie Anthologies of 2013
11 books — 34 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,223 books — 12,270 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,322 books — 80,572 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanWorld War Z by Max BrooksDay by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne
Zombies!
1,708 books — 4,368 voters
Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations by Eric J. GuignardThe Mammoth Book of Steampunk by Sean WallaceExistence by David BrinTough Shit by Kevin SmithSuper Dinosaur Volume 2 by Robert Kirkman
Best Books of 2012
3,516 books — 9,185 voters

Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations by Eric J. GuignardUncommon Assassins by Weldon BurgeOr Something Like That by Bud SmithThe Heart of Aces by Sarah Sinnaeve
Indie Books - Short-Story Collections/Anthologies
654 books — 841 voters
After Death... by Eric J. GuignardCutting Edge by Dennis EtchisonTales of the Unexpected by Roald DahlShadows 5 by Charles L. Grant
Best Horror Anthologies
461 books — 548 voters