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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Aaron Boisvert (82 Lists)



The Saskiad by Brian Hall
Great Underrated and Obscure Books
778 books — 238 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Odyssey by HomerParadise Lost by John Milton
Best 10 Books That You've Read
815 books — 467 voters

Astonishing X-Men Omnibus by Joss WhedonAstonishing X-Men, Vol. 1 by Joss WhedonAstonishing X-Men, Vol. 2 by Joss Whedon
Best of the X-Men
295 books — 114 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Lais of Marie de France by Marie de FranceThe Wicked Day by Mary StewartHarvey by Mary Chase
Mary, Mary, quite contrary ...
477 books — 79 voters

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Darkest Books of All Time
1,268 books — 1,722 voters
The Saskiad by Brian HallJimmy Corrigan by Chris WareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
11,942 books — 9,696 voters

The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Cornish Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Salterton Trilogy by Robertson Davies
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
678 books — 1,501 voters
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyEmpire of the Sun by J.G. BallardCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresBattlefield Earth by L. Ron HubbardThe Goonies by James Kahn
Books Made Into Movies that You Didn't See
31 books — 15 voters

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyThe Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Best of Thomas Hardy
71 books — 68 voters
Lucky Jim by Kingsley AmisThe Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies
academia books
52 books — 25 voters

Shardik by Richard AdamsThe Worm Ouroboros by E.R. EddisonThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleRiddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillipThe Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin
Highbrow Fantasy Books
416 books — 623 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Complete Stories by Franz KafkaLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Books that Were Most Ahead of their Time
25 books — 40 voters

Practicing History by Barbara W. TuchmanDead Certainties by Simon SchamaThe Histories by Herodotus
Best Books on Historical Theory
64 books — 23 voters
The Berenstain Bears' New Baby by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears and the Truth by Stan BerenstainNova's Ark by David KirkPapa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric CarleFarm Friends by Julie Aigner-Clark
Worst Children's Books
80 books — 35 voters

Οι γάμοι του Κάδμου και της Αρμονίας by Roberto Calasso
Best Books on Ancient Greek History and Literature
356 books — 194 voters
Thunderball by Ian Fleming
Best James Bond Books
89 books — 92 voters

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif LarsenThe Everlasting Story of Nory by Nicholson Baker
Juvenile Narrators in Books for Grown-Ups
214 books — 116 voters
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock
Oh, Canada!
1,343 books — 500 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Worst Ending
272 books — 561 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
The Arthurian Legend Retold
453 books — 745 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Beginning
708 books — 645 voters
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
best books concerning dreams
422 books — 171 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Classic Mysteries (fiction)
220 books — 177 voters
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoΟι γάμοι του Κάδμου και της Αρμονίας by Roberto Calasso
Italy
971 books — 488 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Boy's King Arthur by Sidney LanierLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Books With Beautiful Covers
131 books — 53 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraPrufrock and Other Observations by T.S. EliotIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Aeneid by Virgil
Most Innovative Literature
70 books — 40 voters

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinRiddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip
Most Interesting Magic System
2,611 books — 8,703 voters
Toys Go Out by Emily JenkinsToy Dance Party by Emily Jenkins
New Children's Classics
356 books — 437 voters

1066 and All That by W.C. Sellar
When Was That? Dates in Titles
667 books — 112 voters
The Collected Poems by Wallace StevensThe Complete Poems 1927-1979 by Elizabeth BishopThe Complete Poems by Randall JarrellComplete Poems by Marianne MooreThe Works of Anne Bradstreet by Anne Bradstreet
Best Poets
515 books — 385 voters


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