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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kevin O'Keeffe (88 Lists)



Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Most Interesting World
8,039 books — 4,647 voters
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickThe Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad
Best Nazi novels!
45 books — 43 voters

Soumission by Michel Houellebecq
Best Books of 2015
3,118 books — 5,121 voters
Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. HeinleinTitan by John VarleyFriday by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,358 books — 2,806 voters

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardLake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,422 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingDamned by Chuck Palahniuk
Most Exciting Books Coming Out Fall 2011
216 books — 849 voters

The Wanting Seed by Anthony BurgessHaunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Cannibal Books
121 books — 81 voters
We by Yevgeny ZamyatinJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Translated Speculative Fiction
379 books — 200 voters

I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class... by Josh Lieb
Newbery 2010
109 books — 498 voters
The Lost City of Z by David GrannA Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
The Great Explorers
245 books — 92 voters

The Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Iron Heel by Jack London
Socialist Classics
413 books — 323 voters
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
True Crime--Serial killers
205 books — 199 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,238 books — 3,853 voters
With the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeHitler's War by David IrvingOnward Towards Our Noble Deaths by Shigeru MizukiThe New Dealers' War by Thomas Fleming
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
656 books — 449 voters

With the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeHitler's War by David IrvingThe New Dealers' War by Thomas FlemingChurchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" by Patrick J. Buchanan
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,096 books — 2,327 voters
The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Revolution by Ron PaulA Republic, Not an Empire by Patrick J. BuchananThe Good Fight by Ralph NaderA Foreign Policy of Freedom by Ron Paul
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
938 books — 1,097 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Southern Literature
1,331 books — 2,573 voters
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 118 voters

Under the Dome by Stephen KingThe Lost City of Z by David GrannPygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Books of 2009
1,767 books — 6,936 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinSnuff by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Pastoral by Philip Roth
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters

Hidden Empire by Orson Scott Card
2010 Prometheus Award nominees for best novel
11 books — 5 voters
Man To Man by G.A. Hauser
Ow, My Eyes!: The Ugly, The Weird, The Shocking, or The Unintentionally Hilarious in Bad Cover Design
337 books — 187 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyChoke by Chuck PalahniukI Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom WolfeDuma Key by Stephen KingUnder the Dome by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,362 voters
Rant by Chuck PalahniukA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsMaking History by Stephen FryThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,943 books — 5,204 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonChoke by Chuck PalahniukCatch-22 by Joseph HellerRant by Chuck PalahniukSurvivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Dark Humor
724 books — 1,649 voters
The Shadow over Santa Susana by Adam Gorightly
Charles Manson
42 books — 44 voters

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAn Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
Best Book Titles
11,272 books — 7,566 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyUnder the Dome by Stephen KingBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Settings You Would Not Want to Be In
342 books — 229 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickThe Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein
The Best Classical Science Fiction Works
112 books — 154 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickDistress by Greg EganIn the Drift by Michael Swanwick
Best of Cyberpunk
359 books — 1,165 voters


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