BigFooty's Top 50 Book List

[BEaston]

And so it begins.... The BigFooty Top 50 Book List countdown!

Thank you to everyone that took the time to compile their lists and vote, the response was tremendous and this couldn't have been done without you. Hope you had as much fun compiling your lists as I did compiling your votes!

Just to reiterate how it worked, people submitted a list of 10-20 books or series with their favourite getting 20 points and votes decrementing by one for each book that followed. These votes were then totalled to find out BigFooty's favourite books! In the case of a tie breaker, the book that appeared on more lists will win. If still tied, the books will be ranked by their highest individual score. If still tied, they will appear in the same position in the list.

I will be counting down the books over the next two weeks to try to create some suspense/excitement for everyone The number 1 position will be announced next Friday 13th February.

Overall, 54 different posters took part in the countdown. 579 individual books received at least one vote and there were 428 individual authors to receive votes. A hugely varied list!

Thanks again for your participation!

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OP updated as the list is announced:

#50 Jack West Jr series - Matthew Reilly
#49 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
#48 Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
#47 The Quiet American - Graham Greene
#46 A Scanner Darkly - Philip K Dick
#45 A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
=44 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
=44 The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
#42 American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
#41 The Dark Tower series - Stephen King
#40 It - Stephen King
#39 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
#38 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
#37 The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E Feist
#36 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
#35 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
#34 Shogun - James Clavell
#33 Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
#32 Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell
#31 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
#30 Power Without Glory - Frank Hardy
=29 The Book Thief - Markus Zuzak
=29 For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
#27 The Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
#26 Magician - Raymond E Feist
#25 East of Eden - John Steinbeck
#24 The Road - Cormac McCarthy
#23 Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
#22 All The Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy
#21 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
#20 The Stand - Stephen King
#19 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
#18 The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
#17 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
#16 The Belgariad - David Eddings
#15 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
#14 Dune - Frank Herbert
#13 The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
#12 The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
#11 The Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
#10 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkein
#9 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
#8 Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
#7 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
#6 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#5 Animal Farm - George Orwell
#4 A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin
#3 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
#2 Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
#1 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

 

[BEaston]

#50: Jack West Jr series - Matthew Reilly



Genre: Thriller
Containing books: Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors.
Votes received: 35
Contained in: 2 lists
Highest Position: 1st



#49: Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov



Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 35
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 9th


#48: Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card



Genre: Science Fiction
Votes received: 35
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 6th



#47: The Quiet American - Graham Greene




Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 36
Contained in: 2 lists
Highest position: 2nd



#46: A Scanner Darkly - Philip K Dick




Genre: Science Fiction
Votes received: 36
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 2nd

 

[Teriyakicat]

That is amazing, fpcookie !
I just expected a list of books.
Now you've made me want to go book-shopping!!!

 

[BEaston]

Haha, gotta make it interesting!!

 

[Bryce_Jersey17]

How was 48,49 and 50 decided if I may ask? They're all on equal points

 

[BEaston]

Refer to OP.

 

[RolandF1]

It does surprise me that I rated Ender's Game the highest.

 

[U2tigers]

Great stuff, this will be an enjoyable thread to read and get new reading material from.

Thanks for the effort

 

[The old campaigner]

Well done, looking forward to the countdown.

 

[GoTigers2015]

Great thread

 

[BEaston]

#45: A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson




Genre: Non-Fiction
Votes received: 37
Contained in: 2 lists
Highest position: 1st



=44: Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy





Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 37
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 3rd


=44: The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway





Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 37
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 3rd


#42: American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis





Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 37
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 2nd

#41: The Dark Tower series - Stephen King





Genre: Fantasy
Votes received: 38
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 1st

 

[GoTigers2015]

I rated The DarK Tower Series number one. Rumoured to be made into a TV series starring Javier Bardem.

 

[Teriyakicat]

I didn't even know Stephen King wrote fantasy!!
I'll be looking into that

I rated The DarK Tower Series number one. Rumoured to be made into a TV series starring Javier Bardem.

just saw on wiki that the part has been offered to Russell Crowe.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)

 

[GoTigers2015]

I didn't even know Stephen King wrote fantasy!!
I'll be looking into that

just saw on wiki that the part has been offered to Russell Crowe.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)

In my opinion well worth the read especially Book 2 "Drawing of the Three" and Book 4 "Wizard and Glass". Russell Crowe would be a good lead if they ever film the series. He's deadly with his mobile phone.

 

[BEaston]

#40: It - Stephen King




Genre: Horror
Votes received: 39
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 5th

#39: The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald



Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 39
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 1st

#38: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain



Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 40
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 1st


#37: The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E Feist




Containing Books: Magician, Silverthorn and Darkness at Sethanon
Genre: Fantasy
Votes received: 41
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 3rd


#36: Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad



Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 41
Contained in: 5 lists
Highest position: 4th

 

[BEaston]

Sorry made a few errors in my previous post, fixed now!

 

[chugginon]

Very well done to everyone , and to fpcookie . A lot of work And like Teriyakicat , it makes me want to go shopping . I am making a list .

 

[Pie in the Sky]

I didn't even know Stephen King wrote fantasy!!
I'll be looking into that

just saw on wiki that the part has been offered to Russell Crowe.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)

Definitely worth reading, the first four books are fantastic, although the last couple were disappointing for me. Roland the gunslinger is a great character.

 

[WALDENPOND]

Good thread.

 

[GoTigers2015]

Will have to wait until next year for the release of Winds of Winter:

http://www.vcpost.com/articles/4005...elease-date-2015-george-martin-ice-volume.htm

 

[BEaston]

#35: War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy




Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 43
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 1st


#34: Shogun - James Clavel




Genre: Historical Fiction
Votes received: 45
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 2nd


#33: Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy





Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 46
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 2nd


#32: Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell





Genre: Memoir
Votes received: 46
Contained in: 4 lists
Highest position: 2nd


#31: Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte





Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 47
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 5th

 

[Teriyakicat]

I don't want to spoil the countdown but just thought I'd inform interested posters that the author of "To Kill A Mockingbird", Harper Lee, is publishing her second ever novel, to be released on July 14th.

'American author Harper Lee is to publish a second novel, more than half a century after the release of her much-loved classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," HarperCollins announced Tuesday.

"Go Set a Watchman" was written in the 1950s and features many of the same characters as "Mockingbird." It was rediscovered last year and will be released on July 14, the publishing house said.'


https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/26190106/mockingbird-author-harper-lee-to-publish-second-novel/

 

[Bryce_Jersey17]

I don't want to spoil the countdown but just thought I'd inform interested posters that the author of "To Kill A Mockingbird", Harper Lee, is publishing her second ever novel, to be released on July 14th.

'American author Harper Lee is to publish a second novel, more than half a century after the release of her much-loved classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," HarperCollins announced Tuesday.

"Go Set a Watchman" was written in the 1950s and features many of the same characters as "Mockingbird." It was rediscovered last year and will be released on July 14, the publishing house said.'


https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/26190106/mockingbird-author-harper-lee-to-publish-second-novel/

Interestingly, she started writing it before To Kill A Mockingbird and it was the story of an adult Scout returning home to visit her father with flashbacks to stories of her growing up.

 

[BEaston]

#30: Power Without Glory - Frank Hardy





Genre: Thriller
Votes received: 49
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 2nd



=29: The Book Thief - Markus Zuzak





Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 50
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 2nd



=29: For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway





Genre: General Fiction
Votes received: 47
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 5th



#27: The Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis




Containing Books: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, The Last Battle
Genre: Fantasy
Votes received: 50
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 1st



#26: Magician - Raymond E Feist





Genre: Fantasy
Votes received: 55
Contained in: 3 lists
Highest position: 1st



See you guys on Monday to kick off the Top 25!

 

[matwt73]

Maybe i am being pedantic, but should MAgician have just been placed in with the Riftwar Saga and all of those counted as one Magician/Riftwar getting a total of 96 Votes. I always figured that authors like Hemingway and pratchett and Orwell would split their vote, but to actually lose votes to the series that the book is in seems... tricky.