Hispanic Heritage Month 2026

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 — 7,006 voters
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Best Unappreciated Books
4,379 books — 2,306 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,224 books — 2,826 voters
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels
3,518 books — 6,823 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Indie Literature, General Fiction
114 books — 218 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
886 books — 999 voters

Onitsha by J.M.G. Le Clézio
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,903 books — 1,806 voters
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
387 books — 312 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Short Stories
1,779 books — 1,100 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,731 books — 13,310 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Medicine and Literature
2,056 books — 2,298 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Best American History Books
2,306 books — 3,123 voters

The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Favorite Travel Books
2,053 books — 3,998 voters
Pastoralia by George SaundersFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Collections of Short Stories
2,979 books — 2,096 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Book Titles
12,340 books — 8,753 voters
The Western Canon by Harold Bloom
Books on Books: Bookmaking, Biblioclasm, Bibliophilia
430 books — 371 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Rabelais' Codpiece
134 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
1,744 books — 6,934 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 — 1,745 voters
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Drunken Masters
287 books — 377 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
32,959 books — 125,108 voters