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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nick (23 Lists)



The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
Fortune's 75 Smartest Books We Know
89 books — 12 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,728 books — 6,890 voters

The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot
The Real CIA
182 books — 52 voters
The Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
Aaron Swartz Books Read
481 books — 12 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinHamlet by William Shakespeare
The Most Influential Books
1,489 books — 5,293 voters
Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. Caro
Best American History Books
2,190 books — 2,549 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Penguin English Library
137 books — 445 voters
Augustus by John Williams
Best Books About Ancient Rome
741 books — 1,091 voters

Red Notice by Bill Browder
The Putinist Years
95 books — 39 voters
One Summer by Bill Bryson
Learn About History
459 books — 186 voters

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas PynchonMidnight's Children by Salman RushdieA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceWaiting for the Barbarians by J.M. CoetzeeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century
21 books — 9 voters
The Black Banners by Ali H. Soufan
The Daily Show Reading Club
355 books — 258 voters

J R by William GaddisInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonThe Recognitions by William GaddisWarlock by Oakley HallGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Hip Opinions
313 books — 115 voters
Mason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonBleeding Edge by Thomas PynchonInherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
11 books — 262 voters

Libra by Don DeLilloMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Best Alternate History
366 books — 683 voters
Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 145 voters

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
323 books — 290 voters
Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
DIFFICULT BUT REWARDING
158 books — 68 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovAgainst the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 584 voters
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,775 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The New York Times Best Works of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years
40 books — 92 voters
Warlock by Oakley Hall
Best Westerns
1,389 books — 1,527 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,797 voters