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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David (22 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisEurope Central by William T. VollmannThe Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Dark Literary Fiction
138 books — 55 voters
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardPress Start to Play by Daniel H. WilsonBlack Chalk by Christopher J. YatesReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Game Theory
432 books — 103 voters

Waking Up by Sam HarrisTenth of December by George SaundersSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Fire Gospel by Michel FaberDiscipline and Punish by Michel Foucault
Books To Crack Open Your View Of The World
143 books — 58 voters
The Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Road by Cormac McCarthyCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe City & the City by China Miéville
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,363 books — 9,522 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,981 books — 26,535 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
537 books — 737 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTenth of December by George SaundersRed Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,704 books — 25,581 voters
Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe City & The City by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiVeniss Underground by Jeff VandermeerLight by M. John Harrison
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
888 books — 491 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonA Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesTenth of December by George SaundersThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,719 books — 14,338 voters
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus IIIA Simple Plan by Scott SmithThe Innocent by Ian McEwanThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Thrillers
4,859 books — 6,177 voters

The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,281 books — 11,619 voters
A Theory of Justice by John RawlsA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip GourevitchGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,267 books — 8,083 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,819 voters
Pattern Recognition by William GibsonThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Mundane Science Fiction
48 books — 39 voters

Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver
Best Book Titles
12,090 books — 8,466 voters
The Complete Works by William ShakespeareBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Oresteia by Aeschylus
Best Books Ever
78,028 books — 291,028 voters

Cloud Atlas by David MitchellHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski2666 by Roberto BolañoAtonement by Ian McEwanEurope Central by William T. Vollmann
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanBatman by Frank MillerThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanGhost World by Daniel Clowes
Best Graphic Novels
3,458 books — 6,778 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen KingCarrie by Stephen KingSkeleton Crew by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,887 voters
God Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisThe Anarchist Cookbook by William PowellThe Fire Gospel by Michel Faber
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
378 books — 414 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisWorld War Z by Max BrooksTropic of Night by Michael Gruber
Best Horror Novels
2,118 books — 5,502 voters
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell2666 by Roberto BolañoAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 22,327 voters