/lit/ Top 100 Lists
In 2014 and 2015, polls of posters' favorite books were conducted on /lit/. In 2015, the poll asked for a list of both the responder's three favorite books and three favorite authors. The responses to these polls generated the below infographics.
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/lit/ top 100 books circa 2014 -
/lit/ top 100 books circa 2015 -
/lit/ top 100 authors circa 2015
Facts about the similarities and differences between the 2014 poll results and the 2015 poll results are as follows:
69% of the books from the 2014 poll made it onto the 2015 poll.
The highest placing new additions are: 1. Confederacy of Dunces (26) 2. Book of the New Sun (27) 3. Les Miserables (35) 4. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (50) 5. For Whom the Bell Tolls (53)
The highest placing books to drop off the old list are: 1. The Plague (35) 2. The Silmarillion (42) 3. Leaves of Grass (53) 4. Harry Potter series (54) 5. A Clockwork Orange (55)
Of the books that stayed on the list, the greatest gains were made by: 1. The Iliad (94 to 18) 2. The Old Man and the Sea (97 to 34) 3. Paradise Lost (98 to 37) 4. Portrait of the Artist (67 to 12) 5. Steppenwolf (93 to 42)
The greatest losses were: 1. Dune (29 to 83) 2. The Picture of Dorian Gray (16 to 64) 3. A Farewell to Arms (46 to 93) 4. Journey to the End of the Night (10 to 52) 5. Invisible Cities (22 to 57)
