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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by A Mulford (31 Lists)



The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonThe Big Con by Jonathan ChaitKingdom Coming by Michelle GoldbergWith Liberty and Justice for Some by Glenn Greenwald
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
936 books — 1,103 voters
Storms of My Grandchildren by James HansenAmerican Fascists by Chris HedgesThe Big Con by Jonathan ChaitThe Republican Brain by Chris C. MooneyIdiot America by Charles P. Pierce
Books that tell you what REALLY is going on!
616 books — 200 voters

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,665 books — 5,762 voters
Skippy Dies by Paul MurrayCrossing to Safety by Wallace StegnerOut Stealing Horses by Per PettersonThe Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
537 books — 361 voters

The Black Echo by Michael ConnellyThe Last Coyote by Michael ConnellyThe Drop by Michael ConnellyLost Light by Michael Connelly
Best by Michael Connelly
33 books — 99 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,436 books — 16,271 voters

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,291 books — 2,498 voters
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 629 voters

Storms of My Grandchildren by James HansenField Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth KolbertBillions & Billions by Carl SaganThe Weather Makers by Tim FlanneryEaarth by Bill McKibben
Best Climate Change Books
292 books — 179 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,685 books — 25,362 voters

Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories by Truman CapoteWelcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Night Shift by Stephen KingPastoralia by George Saunders
Collections of Short Stories
2,910 books — 2,060 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsSkippy Dies by Paul MurrayOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerMother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
It Should Have Won an Award
59 books — 62 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCannThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Overrated Award-winning Books
27 books — 19 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Stand by Stephen KingLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
77,921 books — 290,661 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingNight Shift by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,885 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Swerve by Stephen GreenblattSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
National Book Award Winners
241 books — 206 voters

Storms of My Grandchildren by James HansenThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtThe Weather Makers by Tim Flannery
Best Pop Science Books
174 books — 189 voters
Skippy Dies by Paul MurraySalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardOut Stealing Horses by Per PettersonThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,848 books — 22,314 voters

Straight Man by Richard RussoCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Broom of the System by David Foster WallaceOur Man in Havana by Graham GreeneBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Humorous Books
4,402 books — 8,031 voters
Out Stealing Horses by Per PettersonThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardThe Sea by John BanvilleA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 568 voters

Stoner by John WilliamsThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,414 books — 123,466 voters
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Not the Booker Prize 2010
86 books — 179 voters

Stoner by John WilliamsThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels
101 books — 61 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsMother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters

Storms of My Grandchildren by James HansenThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtWith Liberty and Justice for Some by Glenn GreenwaldThe Elements of Moral Philosophy by James Rachels
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,267 books — 8,080 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsMorte D'Urban by J.F. PowersJakob von Gunten by Robert WalserA Month in the Country by J.L. CarrChess Story by Stefan Zweig
New York Review Books - Classics
632 books — 898 voters

Skippy Dies by Paul MurrayA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Best Books of 2010
1,577 books — 2,471 voters
Skippy Dies by Paul MurrayA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Swerve by Stephen GreenblattSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardConfidence Men by Ron Suskind
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,718 books — 14,326 voters


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