Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amber (7 Lists)



The Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsThe Dain Curse by Dashiell HammettTrouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler
Detective Fiction
1,239 books — 1,140 voters
Sharp Objects by Gillian FlynnThe Thin Man by Dashiell HammettThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
768 books — 1,013 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman1984 by George Orwell
Books for and About Activists
325 books — 308 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,373 voters

The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
537 books — 1,891 voters
1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,254 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books Ever
78,238 books — 291,817 voters