The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by JAMES AKER (38 Lists)



Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
Best Irish Literature
646 books — 724 voters
A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteSilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Best Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century
458 books — 113 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessDandelion Wine by Ray BradburyJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Smells
639 books — 98 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Medicine and Literature
2,049 books — 2,288 voters

Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Romantic Poets
114 books — 39 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyRobert Kennedy and His Times by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
The Counter-Culture of the 1960s (fiction and nonfiction)
448 books — 200 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Kaleidoscope of Colors
2,437 books — 212 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 524 voters

Kim by Rudyard KiplingThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
The "Great Game"
42 books — 41 voters
Tales of the South Pacific by James A. MichenerReturn to Paradise by James A. MichenerMutiny on the Bounty by John Boyne
Best Books About the South Pacific
97 books — 57 voters

We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
Best Nature Books
1,171 books — 973 voters
The Spy Wore Red by Countess of Romanones AlineSome of Me by Isabella RosselliniFair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson
Female Celebrity Books
191 books — 169 voters

Cosmos by Carl SaganGalileo by Bertolt Brecht
Seekers of the Stars: Famous Astronomers
68 books — 31 voters
Lost Horizon by James HiltonThe Lost World by Arthur Conan DoyleAt the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. LovecraftThe Land That Time Forgot Collection by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Lost World Narratives
71 books — 55 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWalden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David ThoreauFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDune by Frank HerbertSophie’s Choice by William Styron
Books That Changed My World
3,298 books — 3,496 voters
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
Best Non-Fiction Books About Books and Reading
1,109 books — 780 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGreat Expectations by Charles DickensA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Both the book and the movie are good!
636 books — 323 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSophie’s Choice by William StyronThree Complete Novels by John le Carré
Best 10 Books That You've Read
828 books — 474 voters

Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainRoughing It by Mark TwainA Tramp Abroad by Mark TwainThe Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain
Best of Mark Twain
52 books — 113 voters
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Plays by Shakespeare
16 books — 22 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerLord of the Flies by William GoldingMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckYoung Men and Fire by Norman Maclean
Best Survival Stories
1,204 books — 1,765 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHoly Bible by AnonymousThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Starship Book List
2,777 books — 253 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,221 books — 15,955 voters
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Modern Library 100 Best Non-fiction
100 books — 25 voters

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Earth Is Room Enough--On-Planet SF
162 books — 67 voters
Contact by Carl SaganNeuromancer by William GibsonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingOrigins by Richard E. LeakeyShadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan
SCIENCE & LITERATURE--Together at Last
251 books — 125 voters

The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford WilsonYou Can't Take it With You by Moss HartThe Front Page by Ben HechtCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsSuddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams
Best American Plays
255 books — 369 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayA River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
100 Best American Authors
754 books — 618 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,122 books — 10,104 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLes Misérables by Victor HugoDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonFlashman by George MacDonald FraserThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Anti-heroes in Books
602 books — 429 voters


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