Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Erin (16 Lists)



All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Great War and Modern Memory by Paul FussellThe Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred OwenNicholas And Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Price of Glory by Alistair Horne
The Great War
769 books — 600 voters
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanGood Omens by Terry PratchettWar for the Oaks by Emma BullTithe by Holly Black
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,294 books — 12,870 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareStardust by Neil GaimanPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieWar for the Oaks by Emma BullThe Faery Reel by Ellen Datlow
Books about Faery
1,145 books — 2,324 voters
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 22,359 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Goose Girl by Shannon HaleTithe by Holly Black
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,122 books — 10,089 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanSabriel by Garth NixThe Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperThe Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,628 books — 26,751 voters

Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoyceKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Holy Bible by AnonymousInferno by Dante Alighieri
Difficult Reading
106 books — 100 voters
Democracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleThe Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCommon Sense by Thomas PaineAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Second Treatise of Government/A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
813 books — 499 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Size Doesn't Matter - The Long and Large Classics of Literature
303 books — 398 voters
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieAirborn by Kenneth OppelThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
Swashbucklers
577 books — 513 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Iliad by HomerThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 6,997 voters
The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winners
84 books — 272 voters

The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Iliad by HomerBeowulf by UnknownLe Morte D'arthur by Thomas MaloryThe Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Best Books About Mythology
1,404 books — 2,233 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareHenry V by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareHedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,133 voters

Waiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,823 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,712 books — 25,700 voters