Big Books of Summer

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
3,834 books — 7,699 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
177 books — 165 voters

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Philosophical Literature
1,203 books — 2,842 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,262 books — 8,121 voters

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Patrick O'BrianSlammerkin by Emma DonoghueAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Historical Fiction
7,892 books — 26,298 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher'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
32,545 books — 123,910 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
1,410 books — 1,684 voters