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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Eli Dorywright (64 Lists)



The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Plague by Albert CamusCandide by VoltaireThe Complete Essays by Michel de Montaigne
Best French Literature
870 books — 1,548 voters
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussTake Joy! The Tasha Tudor Christmas Book by Tasha TudorA Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan ThomasA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Favorite Christmas Books
1,471 books — 1,542 voters

The Complete Stories by Franz KafkaFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMario and the Magician by Thomas MannThe Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,032 books — 951 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
766 books — 1,134 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,352 books — 1,777 voters
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
Best Diary Novels
170 books — 260 voters

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,936 books — 1,870 voters
Possession by A.S. ByattGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Best Books of 1990
369 books — 196 voters

Last Train to Memphis by Peter GuralnickCareless Love by Peter GuralnickSongbook by Nick Hornby
Best Books on Rock and Roll
873 books — 1,277 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Great Debut Novels
1,567 books — 1,462 voters

The Baby Book by William SearsBaby and Child Care by Benjamin SpockThe Three-Martini Playdate by Christie Mellor
Most Influential Parenting Books
394 books — 593 voters
The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Guilty Pleasures - Crap You're Embarrassed to Love
401 books — 421 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDiary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol
Best Russian Literature
510 books — 2,272 voters
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Best of Banned and Challenged Books
212 books — 276 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
82 books — 1,611 voters
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire
Norse Mythology
290 books — 404 voters

Maps and Legends by Michael ChabonDon't Tell the Grown-Ups by Alison Lurie
Best Book of Essays
398 books — 178 voters
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Hugo Award Runner-Ups
194 books — 97 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,295 books — 4,444 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Odyssey by HomerThe Saskiad by Brian HallThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,525 books — 11,152 voters

A Short History of Myth by Karen ArmstrongΟι γάμοι του Κάδμου και της Αρμονίας by Roberto CalassoThe Blue Octavo Notebooks by Franz KafkaTree and Leaf by J.R.R. TolkienThe Sacred and the Profane by Mircea Eliade
Different Takes on Religion & Spirituality
1,374 books — 1,108 voters
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas HardyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Books that Made You Cry!
3,351 books — 7,776 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisSpace Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
Christian Fantasy
818 books — 637 voters
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Favorite Christian Books
1,876 books — 1,350 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 342 voters
Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Symposium by PlatoCandide by Voltaire
Best World Philosophy Book
957 books — 1,422 voters

The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. FeistDragonworld by Byron PreissThe Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Most Obvious Tolkien Imitators
51 books — 218 voters
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Oxford History of the American People by Samuel Eliot Morison
Best American History Books
2,105 books — 2,464 voters

Songbook by Nick HornbyLast Train to Memphis by Peter GuralnickCareless Love by Peter GuralnickThe Beatles by Bob Spitz
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,413 books — 1,331 voters
Shardik by Richard Adams
Barbarians!
139 books — 43 voters