Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Peter (23 Lists)



Pensées by Blaise Pascal
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 706 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,127 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,719 books — 6,884 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,784 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
(good!) Hipster Literature
129 books — 247 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerWatership Down by Richard AdamsCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,655 books — 17,980 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Is It Just Me? Books You Disliked That Everyone Else Seems To Love
2,076 books — 2,689 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoOn the Road by Jack KerouacNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichA Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,010 books — 2,010 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Humor Writing
843 books — 892 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Books that Make you Laugh
3,504 books — 5,083 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,428 books — 2,343 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Humorous Books
4,354 books — 7,964 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOn the Road by Jack KerouacOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Disappointing Books
2,730 books — 4,599 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,872 voters

Politics and Vision by Sheldon S. Wolin
Further Reading Recommendations from "On Politics"
46 books — 3 voters
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
Non-Fiction, >4.30, >100 votes
123 books — 26 voters

Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
/pol/ recommended reading
211 books — 74 voters
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll QuigleyThe Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich BonhoefferAmusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
946 books — 1,100 voters

Meditations by Marcus AureliusLetters from a Stoic by Seneca
Popular Books on Stoicism
57 books — 180 voters
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Books on Stoic Philosophy
40 books — 61 voters

Orthodoxy by G.K. ChestertonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorWaiting for God by Simone Weil
"Christianity Today" Books of the 20th Century
100 books — 56 voters
Waiting for God by Simone WeilDuino Elegies by Rainer Maria RilkeOrthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century
111 books — 140 voters

Killing Hope by William BlumAmerica's Deadliest Export by William Blum
Hegemony, militarism and systematic inequality in the United States
104 books — 62 voters