First off, thanks to everyone who participated. We had a whopping 18 total lists which was more than I was expecting to be honest.
However, as you may have foreseen, the variances in everyone’s lists make a list like this a bit hard to do. We had a total of 263 titles but only 60 with at least two list appearances. So this is B8’s Top 60 Books list.
Unfortunately while I would love to do write ups and a slow, grueling list reveal, I’ve gotten way too behind on my schoolwork because I am a lazy a******.
Thanks again for participating and maybe we can get a more substantial list sometime in the future. Keep on reading!
The List
1. Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell (168; 9 lists)
2. Harry Potter (series) – J.K. Rowling (140; 7 lists)
3. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien (130; 7 lists)
4. A Song of Ice and Fire (series) – George R.R. Martin (106; 6 lists)
5. Animal Farm – George Orwell (87; 6 lists)
6. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley (76; 6 lists)
7. Lord of the Flies – William Golding (62; 6 lists)
8. Catch-22 – Joseph Heller (100; 5 lists)
9. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky (99; 5 lists)
10. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams (94; 5 lists)
11. Slaughterhouse-Five – Vonnegut (92; 5 lists)
12. Ender’s Game – Card (90; 5 lists)
13. Hamlet – Shakespeare (67; 5 lists)
14. To Kill a Mockingbird – Lee (69; 5 lists)
15. The Count of Monte Cristo – Dumas (87; 4 lists)
16. The Wheel of Time (series) – Jordan (81; 4 lists)
17. Foundation (series) – Asimov (55; 4 lists)
18. Kafka on the Shore – Murakami (54; 4 lists)
19. The Brothers Karamazov – Dostoevsky (54; 4 lists)
20. Good Omens – Pratchet/Gaiman (64; 3 lists)
21. Dune – Herbert (60; 3 lists)
22. American Gods – Gaiman (56; 3 lists)
23. The Stranger – Camus (54; 3 lists)
24. The Great Gatsby – Fitzgerald (53; 3 lists)
25. The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night Time – Haddon (47; 3 lists)
25. King Lear – Shakespeare (47; 3 lists)
25. Of Mice and Men – Steinbeck (47; 3 lists)
28. Stranger in a Strange Land – Heinlein (43; 3)
28. Macbeth – Shakespeare (43;3)
30. Fahrenheit 451 – Bradbury (41; 3)
31. The Odyssey – Homer (38; 3)
32. Beowulf (24; 3)
33. The Sound and the Fury – Faulkner (23; 3)
34. Ficciones – Borges (51; 2)
34. Watership Down – Adams (51; 2)
36. Holy Bible – Various (47; 2)
36. The Stand – King (47; 2)
38. Ender’s Shadow – Card (47; 2)
39. Fight Club – Palahniuk (36; 2)
39. Lolita – Nabokov (36; 2)
41. A Good Man is Hard to Find – O’Connor (35; 2)
42. Candide – Voltaire (34; 2)
42. The Catcher in the Rye – Salinger (34; 2)
44. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Niffenegger (32; 2)
44. Cat’s Cradle – Vonnegut (32; 2)
46. Julius Caesar – Shakespeare (31; 2)
46. Frankenstein – Shelley (31; 2)
48. The Dark Tower (series) – King (30; 2)
49. The Chronicles of Narnia – Lewis (29; 2)
49. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Dick (29; 2)
49. The Little Prince – Saint-Exupéry (29; 2)
52. Notes from the Underground – Dostoevsky (26; 2)
52. The Metamorphosis – Kafka (26; 2)
54. Flowers for Algernon – Keyes (20; 2)
55. Othello – Shakespeare (18; 2)
56. The Firm – Grisham (17; 2)
57. The Dresden Files (series) – Butcher (14; 2)
58. Battle Royale – Takami (10; 2)
59. Animorphs (series) – Applegate (9; 2)
60. Starship Troopers – Heinlein (8; 2)