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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Byron 'Giggsy' Paul (228 Lists)



The Bottoms by Joe R. LansdaleThe Road by Cormac McCarthyHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Willows by Algernon BlackwoodThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz
611 books — 494 voters
Tall Tales with Short Cocks Vol. 2 by Arthur GelsingerSmashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle
Bizarro/Humor Books
144 books — 105 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickWhite Noise by Don DeLilloA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAnthem by Ayn Rand
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
561 books — 542 voters
We by Yevgeny ZamyatinA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Apocalypses and Dystopias
889 books — 655 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBlood Red Road by Moira YoungFire Country by David EstesSunset Rising by S.M. McEachern
Dystopian/Apocalypse With Romance
465 books — 903 voters
A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Dark hilarious witty books
181 books — 155 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertNeuromancer by William GibsonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeAlas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
100 books — 104 voters
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickDune by Frank HerbertChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeBabel-17 by Samuel R. DelanyRoadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
SF Masterworks by Orion Publishing Group
67 books — 10 voters

1984 by George OrwellNight Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoThe Road by Cormac McCarthyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Quality Dark Fiction
2,469 books — 3,218 voters
The Bottoms by Joe R. LansdalePerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
THE BEST HORROR NOVELS LIST
379 books — 249 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert
Sci-Fi/Fantasy New Adult Books
133 books — 56 voters
Battle Royale by Koushun TakamiRot & Ruin by Jonathan MaberryRebel Heart by Moira Young
"New Adult" Dark & Gritty and SO worth it
959 books — 1,078 voters

Torture Garden by Octave MirbeauRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Darkest Books of All Time
1,268 books — 1,722 voters
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardRedshirts by John ScalziDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
54 books — 25 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertNeuromancer by William GibsonA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyreThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Hugo Award for Best Novel
73 books — 146 voters
Surrealities by Bruce BostonVermilion Sands by J.G. Ballard
Best Surrealist Literature
262 books — 207 voters

Surrealities by Bruce BostonVermilion Sands by J.G. Ballard
Best Surrealist or Dadaist Books
125 books — 103 voters
The Darfsteller and Other Stories by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette KowalShoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories by Elizabeth Bear
Hugo Award Winners: Best Novelette
54 books — 26 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Hugo Award Winning Novellas
65 books — 78 voters
1984 by George OrwellWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAnthem by Ayn RandFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Winners
46 books — 24 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Prometheus Best Novel Award Winners
47 books — 26 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyPnin by Vladimir Nabokov
Greatest Eastern European Classics
440 books — 249 voters

White Noise by Don DeLilloA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonDamned by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Dark Humor
724 books — 1,649 voters
A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreDamned by Chuck Palahniuk
Death Gods and Reaper Protagonists
251 books — 315 voters

Rumble Fish by S.E. HintonTex by S.E. Hinton
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,653 books — 12,149 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonBlood Red Road by Moira YoungThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsRumble Fish by S.E. HintonA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Must Read YA Fiction!
1,943 books — 2,865 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovNeuromancer by William Gibson
Best Opening Sentence
219 books — 151 voters
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Zombies!
1,652 books — 4,311 voters

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Best Zombie Books
1,433 books — 3,073 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonSloughing Off the Rot by Lance CarbuncleI-O by Simon LoganVacation by Jeremy C. ShippDr. Identity by D. Harlan Wilson
Bizarro
356 books — 251 voters