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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Baljit Singh (11 Lists)



The Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Widow for One Year by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 342 voters
The Cider House Rules by John IrvingOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLolita by Vladimir NabokovFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,558 books — 18,701 voters

I, Robot by Isaac AsimovFoundation by Isaac AsimovSecond Foundation by Isaac AsimovFoundation and Empire by Isaac AsimovFoundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
Best Asimov Books
86 books — 123 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgMary Poppins by P.L. TraversA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,215 books — 6,118 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,351 books — 1,776 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe World According to Garp by John IrvingA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,734 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerBlindness by José SaramagoBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,098 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Prince and the Pauper by Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi by Mark TwainThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books Ever
74,788 books — 277,616 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallacePale Fire by Vladimir NabokovOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,104 books — 1,738 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,183 books — 117,881 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,651 books — 25,853 voters