The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kate (63 Lists)



Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Worst Books of All Time
8,123 books — 19,915 voters
The Crucible by Arthur MillerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,415 books — 11,056 voters

Old School by Tobias WolffRabbit, Run by John UpdikeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Rabbit Is Rich by John UpdikeInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Books Ever
79,296 books — 295,610 voters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Humor Writing
886 books — 999 voters

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshNaked by David SedarisBonk by Mary RoachPacking for Mars by Mary RoachBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,104 books — 2,469 voters
Maus I by Art SpiegelmanThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeRabbit Is Rich by John Updike
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,320 books — 2,449 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesFight Club by Chuck PalahniukInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,128 books — 3,698 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,209 books — 28,384 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events
522 books — 193 voters
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
People Who Have Left Cults or Religious Fundamentalism (Memoirs & Biographies)
176 books — 215 voters

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
86 books — 194 voters
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonReligion Explained by Pascal BoyerNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickBonk by Mary Roach
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,995 books — 1,160 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,032 books — 2,651 voters
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtOn Writing by Stephen KingNaked by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
1,820 books — 753 voters

The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
238 books — 584 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.If This Isn't Nice, What Is? by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 632 voters

Naked by David SedarisWhat the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Book of Essays
407 books — 184 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
Light but not (too) dumb
857 books — 844 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingBridget Jones by Helen Fielding
Best Lighthearted Literature
640 books — 511 voters
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates by Thomas Cathcart
Best Humorous Non-Fiction
596 books — 266 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigIshmael by Daniel Quinn
Abandoned Books
1,463 books — 1,468 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,407 books — 267 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
Books So Bad I Couldn't Finish...
642 books — 576 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Dark Humor
756 books — 1,760 voters

Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy
Best Feminist Books
2,992 books — 4,326 voters
Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,242 books — 2,029 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceEinstein’s Dreams by Alan LightmanSelected Stories of Andre Dubus by Andre DubusRunaway by Alice MunroThe Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Collections of Short Stories
2,975 books — 2,094 voters
Night by Elie WieselBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,072 books — 18,941 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,671 voters
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,725 books — 13,301 voters


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