Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ancient Weaver (24 Lists)



Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 790 voters
Fear and Loathing by Hunter S. ThompsonFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Best of Hunter S. Thompson
10 books — 25 voters

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters
Dreams from My Father by Barack ObamaA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,536 books — 17,469 voters

Naked by David SedarisMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Best Humorous Books
4,421 books — 8,089 voters
Human, All Too Human by Friedrich NietzscheThe Gay Science by Friedrich NietzscheDaybreak by Friedrich NietzscheTwilight of the Idols/The Antichrist by Friedrich NietzscheOn the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
556 books — 249 voters

Beyond Theology by Alan W. WattsThe Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Flight of the Wild Gander by Joseph CampbellMeeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus J. BorgEssays and Lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Different Takes on Religion & Spirituality
1,422 books — 1,163 voters
Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Upanishads by Anonymous
Best Holy Books
284 books — 590 voters

Batman by Frank MillerBatman by Frank MillerDaredevil by Frank MillerSwamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,017 voters
The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, and Other ... by Friedrich NietzscheSuperstition In All Ages by Jean MeslierThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Notable Atheist Books
588 books — 1,000 voters

Misery by Stephen KingThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingThe Long Walk by Richard BachmanThe Stand by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,887 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonThe Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Thickest Books Ever
891 books — 2,488 voters

1984 by George OrwellWhat Uncle Sam Really Wants by Noam Chomsky
This Is the End...
1,016 books — 1,608 voters
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLes liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Epistolary Fiction
859 books — 858 voters

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
523 books — 2,304 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Complete Essays by Michel de MontaigneMaxims by François de La RochefoucauldThe Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,576 voters

Batman by Frank MillerWatchmen by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerDaredevil Visionaries by Frank MillerV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,778 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Waste Lands by Stephen KingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Disappointing Books
2,772 books — 4,618 voters

Notes from Underground & The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,530 books — 8,799 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,103 voters

The Invaders Plan by L. Ron HubbardMind Siege by Tim LaHayeThe Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter Scott
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,894 voters
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,652 books — 26,811 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,992 books — 26,648 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Gay Science by Friedrich NietzscheLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
Best Books Ever
78,249 books — 291,858 voters