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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Theodore Thompson (23 Lists)



The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasDune by Frank Herbert
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,002 voters
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Best Unappreciated Books
4,372 books — 2,294 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,212 books — 2,787 voters
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels
3,504 books — 6,806 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Indie Literature, General Fiction
112 books — 216 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Best Humor Writing
873 books — 993 voters

Onitsha by J.M.G. Le Clézio
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,893 books — 1,775 voters
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
386 books — 311 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Short Stories
1,772 books — 1,081 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,712 books — 13,281 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Medicine and Literature
2,011 books — 2,265 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Best American History Books
2,268 books — 3,087 voters

The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Favorite Travel Books
2,049 books — 3,982 voters
Pastoralia by George SaundersFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Collections of Short Stories
2,939 books — 2,080 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Book Titles
12,319 books — 8,660 voters
The Western Canon by Harold Bloom
Books on Books: Bookmaking, Biblioclasm, Bibliophilia
428 books — 364 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 147 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGreat Expectations by Charles DickensMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,739 books — 6,913 voters

1984 by George OrwellAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisOn the Road by Jack KerouacMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,120 books — 1,730 voters
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Drunken Masters
287 books — 378 voters

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
562 books — 546 voters
The Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacJunky by William S. BurroughsThe Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Beat Lit
236 books — 182 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,826 books — 124,600 voters