Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Erik (10 Lists)



Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
100 Classic Must-Reads
143 books — 35 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,545 books — 123,911 voters

Fermat's Enigma by Simon SinghThe Grand Design by Stephen W. HawkingThe Code Book by Simon SinghBig Bang by Simon Singh
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,628 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters

Watchmen by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,778 voters
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Best Russian (Soviet 1917-1991) Literature
201 books — 269 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOliver Twist by Charles DickensRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid LindgrenDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Thieves
663 books — 1,264 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinAlive by Piers Paul ReadThe Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,423 books — 7,393 voters

The Firm by Robin WaterfieldThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonClear and Present Danger by Tom ClancyThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancySmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters
One Day by David NichollsWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Help by Kathryn StockettLife of Pi by Yann MartelTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,204 books — 4,188 voters