Literal Summer Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Stan Gray (13 Lists)



Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,065 voters
Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam SelvaduraiRunning in the Family by Michael Ondaatje
Sri Lankan English Fiction
108 books — 123 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,658 voters
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Fictitious Africa
562 books — 284 voters

Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma LarkinCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. Pham
Best for Backpacking through Southeast Asia
318 books — 340 voters
Paris to the Moon by Adam GopnikA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterSuite Française by Irène NémirovskyThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriHoly Cow by Sarah Macdonald
Foreign Lands
2,380 books — 2,270 voters

The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
The Economist - Books of the Year 2006
45 books — 8 voters
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Indian Books - Fiction
1,132 books — 2,467 voters

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,332 books — 5,896 voters
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
Must Read Classics
1,887 books — 4,746 voters

The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 245 voters
Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam Selvadurai
Best Gay Fiction
2,711 books — 3,920 voters

Flannery O'Connor by Flannery O'Connor
Retro Reads
164 books — 136 voters