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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tim Weakley (12 Lists)



The Shipping News by Annie ProulxLife of Pi by Yann MartelIn the Skin of a Lion by Michael OndaatjeThe Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsThe Birth House by Ami McKay
Oh, Canada!
1,343 books — 500 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,031 books — 17,220 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonAccelerando by Charles StrossMakers by Cory DoctorowDown and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory DoctorowCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Reddit’s Favorite Stand-alone Science Fiction Novels
86 books — 21 voters
Doomsday Book by Connie WillisTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisThe Anubis Gates by Tim PowersPastwatch by Orson Scott CardTime Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,943 books — 5,204 voters

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Medicine and Literature
1,831 books — 1,988 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyNeuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction
3,615 books — 6,825 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
3,910 books — 4,916 voters
Logan's Run by William F. NolanLest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de CampSoldier, Ask Not by Gordon R. DicksonBrain Wave by Poul AndersonA World Out of Time by Larry Niven
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,019 books — 2,065 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,183 books — 117,881 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,734 voters

The Difference Engine by William Gibson
Best Steampunk Books
1,229 books — 4,084 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best Books Ever
74,788 books — 277,613 voters