Literal Summer Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lucy (8 Lists)



The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction
3,864 books — 7,830 voters
Master & Commander by Patrick O'BrianPost Captain by Patrick O'BrianH.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'BrianMr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterVanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Napoleonic War fiction
183 books — 169 voters

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Philosophical Literature
1,213 books — 2,913 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,333 books — 8,175 voters

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Patrick O'BrianSlammerkin by Emma DonoghueAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,710 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,839 books — 124,651 voters

Master & Commander by Patrick O'BrianH.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'BrianThe Mauritius Command by Patrick O'BrianThe Golden Ocean by Patrick O'BrianThe Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian
Maritime Classics
277 books — 97 voters
H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,421 books — 1,718 voters