Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jay (17 Lists)



The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,230 books — 25,831 voters
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? by Stephen Webb
Best Books About the Fermi Paradox
17 books — 14 voters

The Dead by James JoyceThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Melville House Art of the Novella
60 books — 63 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Downton Abbey-esque Books
603 books — 1,001 voters

Oedipus Rex by SophoclesMedea by Euripides
Ancient Greek Drama
146 books — 53 voters
Double Indemnity by James M. CainThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainMildred Pierce by James M. CainRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Pages of Noir: The Books that Became Film Noir
102 books — 98 voters

Maurice by E.M. ForsterGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeTales of the City by Armistead MaupinMysterious Skin by Scott Heim
Best Gay Fiction
2,664 books — 3,868 voters
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters

A Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia McAlester
Best Traditional Architecture (nonfiction)
153 books — 53 voters
1776 by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best History Books
3,725 books — 3,763 voters

Angels in America by Tony KushnerThe Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward AlbeeDoubt, a Parable by John Patrick ShanleyGem of the Ocean by August WilsonAugust by Tracy Letts
Best Plays Since 1990
204 books — 151 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Crucible by Arthur MillerMillennium Approaches by Tony KushnerInherit the Wind by Jerome LawrenceA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Best Plays Ever
854 books — 1,129 voters

The Crucible by Arthur MillerCatch-22 by Joseph HellerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
627 books — 2,758 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierMy Cousin Rachel by Daphne du MaurierDon't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
Best of Daphne du Maurier
33 books — 158 voters

Millennium Approaches by Tony KushnerPerestroika by Tony KushnerSlavs! by Tony KushnerSplit Britches by Sue-Ellen Case
Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) Winners for Drama
16 books — 5 voters
Millennium Approaches by Tony KushnerOur Town by Thornton WilderDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerLost in Yonkers by Neil Simon
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
90 books — 54 voters

The Crucible by Arthur MillerDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeMillennium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Best American Plays
250 books — 367 voters