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
1,873 books — 6,995 voters
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Best Unappreciated Books
4,375 books — 2,210 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,184 books — 2,795 voters
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels
3,454 books — 6,777 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Indie Literature, General Fiction
103 books — 213 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
846 books — 895 voters

Onitsha by J.M.G. Le Clézio
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,783 books — 1,660 voters
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
375 books — 251 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Short Stories
1,759 books — 1,041 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,659 books — 13,179 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Medicine and Literature
1,917 books — 2,041 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Best American History Books
2,172 books — 2,523 voters

The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Favorite Travel Books
2,031 books — 3,943 voters
Pastoralia by George SaundersFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Collections of Short Stories
2,900 books — 2,043 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Book Titles
11,935 books — 8,242 voters
The Western Canon by Harold Bloom
Books on Books: Bookmaking, Biblioclasm, Bibliophilia
424 books — 361 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 145 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
1,720 books — 6,886 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
1,122 books — 1,805 voters
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Drunken Masters
281 books — 376 voters

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
556 books — 544 voters
The Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacJunky by William S. BurroughsThe Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Beat Lit
235 books — 181 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
32,079 books — 121,925 voters