The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David P (178 Lists)



American Pastoral by Philip RothCity of Thieves by David BenioffCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Fixer by Bernard MalamudPortnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
Jews in Literature
891 books — 319 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
True Crime
754 books — 657 voters

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Martian by Andy WeirFootfall by Larry NivenThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
First Contact
299 books — 474 voters
Grant by Ron ChernowThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinWashington by Ron ChernowSeveneves by Neal Stephenson
President Obama's Reading List (2009-2017)
130 books — 20 voters

Hyperion by Dan SimmonsA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeSeveneves by Neal StephensonLucifer's Hammer by Larry NivenThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Ultimate Hard Science Fiction
145 books — 257 voters
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyOld Man's War by John ScalziChildren of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Reality Dysfunction 1 by Peter F. Hamilton
Excellent Space Opera
1,139 books — 3,973 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Urban Fantasy With Male Lead Characters
1,026 books — 1,428 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,402 books — 1,786 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,164 books — 1,526 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
876 books — 1,269 voters

Blindness by José Saramago
Best European Science Fiction Books
272 books — 212 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDark Matter by Blake CrouchAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanAmerican War by Omar El Akkad
[ATY 2022] Alternate Reality/Worlds/History
278 books — 128 voters

The Martian by Andy Weir
Horror and Creeping Dread
61 books — 13 voters
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Found-In-Ice Stories
86 books — 29 voters

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Best Fiction about Adoption
331 books — 222 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 2,012 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,885 books — 19,173 voters
Stoner by John Williams
New York Review Books - Classics
633 books — 913 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Popular Genetics Books on Goodreads
100 books — 57 voters
Children of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyMidnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. ChalkerStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Alien protagonists
132 books — 64 voters

Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. ChalkerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Trippy Books
855 books — 910 voters
Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
Eco-Fiction
361 books — 353 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiBorne by Jeff Vandermeer
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,280 books — 1,186 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodForty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
Cli-Fi: Books About Climate & the Near Future
135 books — 183 voters

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
317 books — 443 voters
A Very Stable Genius by Philip Rucker
Books About, By or Involving Donald Trump
512 books — 107 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Literary Science Fiction
338 books — 251 voters
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
Best Science Fiction Series
453 books — 1,149 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Napoleonic War fiction
182 books — 167 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Rising Up and Rising Down
81 books — 27 voters


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