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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rick (18 Lists)



Animal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
79,000 books — 294,378 voters
The Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonLove Story by Erich Segal
Best Books 1970
309 books — 78 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett11/22/63 by Stephen KingWater for Elephants by Sara GruenRoom by Emma DonoghueGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 727 voters
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo IshiguroThe Dead Zone by Stephen KingAtonement by Ian McEwan
2011: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1,801 books — 439 voters

The Sentence by Louise ErdrichMemphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 217 voters
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelVioleta by Isabel AllendeThe Candy House by Jennifer EganMouth to Mouth by Antoine WilsonAnthem by Noah Hawley
Anticipated 2022 Literary Fiction
421 books — 399 voters

Deacon King Kong by James McBrideThe Book of Lost Friends by Lisa WingateThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettIf It Bleeds by Stephen King
Best Books of 2020
1,593 books — 1,948 voters
Prodigal Son by Gregg HurwitzThe Scorpion's Tail by Douglas PrestonA Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
Best Books of 2021
1,440 books — 1,627 voters

The March by E.L. DoctorowBilly Bathgate by E.L. DoctorowThe Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Pulitzer Prize Finalists
81 books — 103 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAtonement by Ian McEwanCold Mountain by Charles FrazierAmsterdam by Ian McEwanOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
253 books — 568 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,411 voters
The Ring of Charon by Roger MacBride AllenCourtship Rite by Donald KingsburyThe War Against the Rull by A.E. van Vogt
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
585 books — 108 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Most Rated Books by Year of the 20th Century
100 books — 726 voters
Red Dragon by Thomas HarrisThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Alienist by Caleb CarrDarkness, Take My Hand by Dennis LehaneGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
1,238 books — 1,064 voters

Career of Evil by Robert GalbraithThe Silkworm by Robert GalbraithChild 44 by Tom Rob SmithGone Girl by Gillian FlynnMystic River by Dennis Lehane
Mysteries For Deep Thinkers
342 books — 200 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,817 books — 49,853 voters

Blindness by José SaramagoA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeThe Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,832 books — 124,634 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftCleopatra by Stacy SchiffThe Last Days Of Dogtown by Anita Diamant
Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 4)
774 books — 253 voters