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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Loren Toddy (360 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithSense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. WintersDawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
Best Jane Austen Retellings
343 books — 302 voters
A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonChoke by Chuck PalahniukGood Omens by Terry PratchettAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Dark Humor
724 books — 1,649 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonDarwin's Radio by Greg BearMonster Island by David Wellington
Fiction About Epidemics
131 books — 113 voters
Tron by Brian Daley
Directed Ecology
11 books — 9 voters

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Creepy Covers
169 books — 113 voters
Jaws by Peter BenchleyFlush by Carl HiaasenThe Secret of Shark Reef by William Arden
Books With Fish on the Cover
121 books — 68 voters

Dead in the West by Joe R. LansdaleWriter of the Purple Rage by Joe R. LansdaleJonah Hex by Joe R. LansdaleThe Lone Ranger and Tonto by Joe R. Lansdale
Weird Westerns
281 books — 268 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Food Reads
294 books — 81 voters

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
696 books — 580 voters
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin1984 by George OrwellDune by Frank HerbertSnuff by Chuck PalahniukChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Books With Shortest Titles
276 books — 33 voters

Haunted by Chuck PalahniukChoke by Chuck PalahniukFight Club by Chuck PalahniukSnuff by Chuck PalahniukLullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Chuck Palahniuk Books
24 books — 383 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Iconic Book Covers
26 books — 39 voters

Kingdom Come by Mark WaidMarvels by Kurt BusiekBatman by Grant MorrisonBatman by Mark ChiarelloHellboy, Vol. 1 by Mike Mignola
Graphic Novels With The Best Artwork
366 books — 113 voters
If Chins Could Kill by Bruce CampbellMake Love the Bruce Campbell Way by Bruce Campbell
Hottest Guy on a Cover
1,657 books — 1,796 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerMidnight Sun [2008 Draft] by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Worst book of the decade
67 books — 54 voters
The Haunted Vagina by Carlton Mellick IIIThe Baby Jesus Butt Plug by Carlton Mellick IIIAnother Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick FlynnPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Faggiest Vampire by Carlton Mellick III
Humorous, Strange, or Downright Shocking Titles
633 books — 350 voters

We by Yevgeny ZamyatinIt by Stephen King
T is for Title
149 books — 43 voters
Satan Burger by Carlton Mellick IIIToo Fat to Fish by Artie Lange
Ow, My Eyes!: The Ugly, The Weird, The Shocking, or The Unintentionally Hilarious in Bad Cover Design
337 books — 187 voters

Haunted by Chuck PalahniukChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Sickest Humor of all Time
51 books — 67 voters
Black Hawk Down by Mark BowdenShooter by Jack CoughlinMarine Sniper by Charles HendersonJarhead by Anthony Swofford
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,098 books — 2,328 voters

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Worst Books Ever
319 books — 174 voters
Writer of the Purple Rage by Joe R. Lansdale’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Living Dead by John Joseph Adams
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,958 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCoraline by Neil GaimanFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Trippy Books
830 books — 892 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Books for a Pandemic
699 books — 577 voters

It by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingEverything's Eventual by Stephen King
Scariest books of all time
629 books — 733 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithSense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. WintersLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldPygmy by Chuck PalahniukFool by Christopher Moore
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,845 voters

JLA by Mark WaidJLA, Vol. 3 by Grant MorrisonAquaman by Peter David
Best of Aquaman
94 books — 25 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonWorld War Z by Max BrooksMonster Island by David WellingtonMonster Nation by David Wellington
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,229 books — 3,404 voters