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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jeremy Spaulding (78 Lists)



Nice Weekend For A Murder by Max Allan CollinsCujo by Stephen KingDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisAbraham Lincoln by Seth Grahame-SmithSang Godfather - The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Bloody Covers
269 books — 98 voters
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonKnots and Crosses by Ian RankinHide and Seek by Ian RankinTooth and Nail by Ian RankinBlack and Blue by Ian Rankin
Tartan Noir
279 books — 144 voters

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerA Drink Before the War by Dennis LehaneThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,184 books — 2,275 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,363 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondStiff by Mary RoachFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtOn Writing by Stephen King
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,062 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Books that Make you Laugh
3,487 books — 5,028 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOn the Road by Jack KerouacCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Cult Classics
1,566 books — 2,146 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,789 books — 49,738 voters

A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein
Tales from the Hardwood
279 books — 157 voters
V for Vendetta by Alan MooreWatchmen by Alan MoorePreacher, Volume 1 by Garth EnnisThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanY by Brian K. Vaughan
500 Essential Graphic Novels
939 books — 859 voters

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence BlockThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Detective Fiction
1,177 books — 1,075 voters
The Guards by Ken BruenThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
697 books — 872 voters

Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilRip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984 by Simon ReynoldsGet in the Van by Henry RollinsThe Clash by The ClashPassion Is a Fashion by Pat Gilbert
Three Chords, A Black Leather Jacket, and a Pawn Shop Guitar - Your Punk Rock Identikit
199 books — 98 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,273 books — 15,407 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingBatman by Alan Moore
Real Man Books
778 books — 307 voters
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective by Dashiell HammettThe Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan PoeA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleDracula by Bram Stoker
The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Crime, Detective and Mystery Fiction
186 books — 112 voters

Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,071 books — 66,892 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,433 books — 6,756 voters


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