Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bobbie Feeback (17 Lists)



The Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. WatsonThe Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFaddenThe Paris Apartment by Lucy FoleyNone of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,547 books — 123,918 voters
Haunted by Chuck PalahniukProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Mezzanine by Nicholson BakerThe Insult by Rupert Thomson
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
977 books — 614 voters

Howl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergI Miss The World by Violet LeVoitWhat Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles BukowskiThe Information by Martin AmisThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade
Books That Changed My World
3,289 books — 3,256 voters
The Information by Martin AmisGeneration X by Douglas CouplandThe Crow Road by Iain BanksHaunted by Chuck PalahniukSlaves of New York by Tama Janowitz
Cult fiction
539 books — 473 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Children Act by Ian McEwanComplicity by Iain BanksThe Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,246 books — 1,168 voters
Howl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergSlaves of New York by Tama JanowitzHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
You Read a Book about What?
4,136 books — 2,350 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHaunted by Chuck PalahniukGeneration X by Douglas CouplandDelta of Venus by Anaïs NinThe Children Act by Ian McEwan
Books That Leave An Impact
424 books — 139 voters
The Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacThe Information by Martin AmisThe Grifters by Jim ThompsonThe Children Act by Ian McEwanNaked in Death by J.D. Robb
Most Unique Books Of All Time
362 books — 154 voters

The Mezzanine by Nicholson BakerHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
930 books — 2,387 voters
Battle Royale by Koushun TakamiHeart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Darkest Books of All Time
1,312 books — 1,729 voters

I Miss The World by Violet LeVoitTime's Arrow by Martin AmisCrank by Ellen HopkinsHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Awful People Doing Awful Things
452 books — 210 voters
Mygale by Thierry JonquetCrank by Ellen HopkinsInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Cult fction
363 books — 212 voters

The Children Act by Ian McEwanThe Dice Man by Luke RhinehartThe Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine WelshCrank by Ellen HopkinsDead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh
Transgressive and Bizzaro Fiction
323 books — 133 voters
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail BulgakovCrash by J.G. BallardThe Information by Martin AmisThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Unconventional, Seductive, Intelligent and Dizzyingly Surreal
745 books — 389 voters

Crank by Ellen HopkinsImperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton EllisThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekWhat Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles BukowskiMygale by Thierry Jonquet
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
889 books — 492 voters
Howl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergA Million Little Pieces by James FreyThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekClown Girl by Monica DrakeTime's Arrow by Martin Amis
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
715 books — 554 voters

Room for a Little One by Martin WaddellScaredy Squirrel Prepares for Christmas by Mélanie WattBabar and Father Christmas by Jean de BrunhoffThe Lump of Coal by Lemony SnicketJerusalem Inn by Martha Grimes
Winter Seasonal Reads
5,374 books — 1,455 voters