Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

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
1,744 books — 6,939 voters

The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot
The Real CIA
180 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
1,816 books — 5,349 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
2,351 books — 3,164 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
762 books — 1,162 voters

Red Notice by Bill Browder
The Putinist Years
95 books — 39 voters
One Summer by Bill Bryson
Learn About History
462 books — 190 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
386 books — 283 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 — 117 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
14 books — 263 voters

Libra by Don DeLilloMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Best Alternate History
398 books — 719 voters
Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
Rabelais' Codpiece
134 books — 147 voters

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
347 books — 301 voters
Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
DIFFICULT BUT REWARDING
158 books — 67 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
518 books — 582 voters
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,405 books — 1,786 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
1,472 books — 1,637 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,895 voters