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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nick Hackney (13 Lists)



Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Books Ever
74,891 books — 277,707 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,141 books — 3,669 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,042 books — 17,226 voters
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Best Philosophical Literature
1,145 books — 2,747 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,736 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
(good!) Hipster Literature
132 books — 247 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Adventure Books
41 books — 46 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
920 books — 2,381 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,281 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,502 books — 11,142 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,188 books — 117,954 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,235 books — 14,349 voters

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,103 voters