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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Terence (30 Lists)



Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamEffi Briest by Theodor FontaneWhat Maisie Knew by Henry JamesIrretrievable by Theodor Fontane
Unhappy Marriages
482 books — 284 voters
Dark Mirror by Diane DuaneEnterprise by Vonda N. McIntyreThe Final Reflection by John M. FordThe Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyreCrossroad by Barbara Hambly
Star Trek Books That Don't Actually Suck
213 books — 126 voters

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerMock's Curse by T.F. Powys
I Will Read Absolutely Anything S/He Writes
1,029 books — 343 voters
Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,161 books — 764 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertWhit by Iain BanksThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerGardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Best Author-Created Religions
98 books — 108 voters
Treasure Island by Fiona MacdonaldThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,520 books — 3,538 voters

False Dawn by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
624 books — 773 voters
The Final Reflection by John M. FordThe Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyreEnterprise by Vonda N. McIntyreThe Romulan Way by Diane DuaneStar Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph
Best Star Trek Books
392 books — 273 voters

Tailchaser's Song by Tad WilliamsThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe Golden Cat by Gabriel KingThe Wild Road by Gabriel KingThe Tiger in the House by Carl van Vechten
Great Cat Books
1,581 books — 953 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,810 voters

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral... by Julian Jaynes
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,240 books — 14,354 voters
Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend WarnerWatchtower by Elizabeth A. LynnOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonTales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,724 books — 2,121 voters

Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsConsider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksThe Gap Into Conflict by Stephen R. Donaldson
Excellent Space Opera
971 books — 3,513 voters
The House in the High Wood by Jeffrey E. BarloughDracula by Bram Stoker’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,958 voters

The House in the High Wood by Jeffrey E. BarloughDracula by Bram Stoker’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Novels
1,950 books — 5,398 voters
Lincoln by David Herbert DonaldLincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills
Best Books on Abraham Lincoln
119 books — 77 voters

All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth BearThe Swordswoman by Jessica Amanda SalmonsonThe Morgaine Saga by C.J. CherryhThe Paladin by C.J. CherryhButterfly and Hellflower by Eluki bes Shahar
Amazons, Valkyries, and Warrior Women
690 books — 510 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny WurtsAgainst the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Abandoned Books
1,469 books — 1,467 voters

The Spellcoats by Diana Wynne Jones
Favourite Diana Wynne Jones
40 books — 390 voters
Jaws by Peter BenchleyPrince Caspian by C.S. LewisThe Crow by James O'BarrEaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,110 voters

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,540 books — 10,137 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeThe Claw of the Conciliator by Gene WolfeThe Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
Golden Age & New Wave SF
269 books — 205 voters

Sargasso of Space by Andre NortonStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Time Trilogy by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Intro to Science Fiction for Young Readers
1,346 books — 1,527 voters
Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
SF & Theology
240 books — 289 voters

House Atreides by Brian Herbert
The Worst Books of All Time
8,178 books — 19,864 voters
Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson
2008 DGLA Fantasy Book Nominees
97 books — 220 voters

Dust of Dreams by Steven EriksonA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinThe Judging Eye by R. Scott BakkerBest Served Cold by Joe AbercrombieThe Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan
Books for 2009
579 books — 2,399 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
7,260 books — 25,406 voters

Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,252 books — 24,499 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,795 books — 10,240 voters