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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tom Killalea (11 Lists)



Nesting by Roisín O’DonnellThree Days in June by Anne TylerLet Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
177 books — 172 voters
James by Percival EverettThe Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsSmall Things Like These by Claire KeeganGreat Circle by Maggie ShipsteadHeld by Anne Michaels
Man Booker Shortlist
272 books — 79 voters

James by Percival EverettIntermezzo by Sally RooneyThe Mighty Red by Louise ErdrichThe Anxious Generation by Jonathan HaidtThe Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024
100 books — 18 voters
How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney
Booker Prize 2023 Longlist
13 books — 40 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelAutumn by Ali SmithNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Line of Beauty by Alan HollinghurstCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
100 books — 52 voters
Grace Notes by Bernard MacLavertyMoy Sand and Gravel by Paul MuldoonPygmalion by George Bernard ShawGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
A 32 book trip around the counties of Ireland
32 books — 3 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHerzog by Saul BellowThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 310 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce1984 by George OrwellMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieEmma by Jane AustenMiddlemarch by George Eliot
The Guardian: The 100 best novels written in English
100 books — 34 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareUlysses by James JoyceDubliners by James JoyceWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,031 books — 17,220 voters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelPossession by A.S. ByattThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,982 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceDubliners by James JoyceWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Best Books Ever
74,788 books — 277,612 voters