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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris (13 Lists)



The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,653 books — 26,846 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books Ever
78,299 books — 291,896 voters

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,446 books — 16,347 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best for Book Clubs
15,318 books — 19,577 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 22,370 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,375 voters
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownHoles by Louis Sachar
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,937 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters

Matterhorn by Karl MarlantesCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Iliad by HomerLes Misérables by Victor HugoSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best War Novels
1,708 books — 1,456 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,139 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,192 books — 12,263 voters