Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Frank (15 Lists)



The Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky
My Top Ten of Russian Literature
23 books — 26 voters
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
Midlife Crisis Novels
160 books — 120 voters

1984 by George OrwellEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Bell Curve by Richard J. HerrnsteinThe Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchristThe Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod
Books that make you think.
1,147 books — 1,155 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize
128 books — 73 voters

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Quark and the Jaguar by Murray Gell-Mann
Scientific Literacy
61 books — 32 voters
The Stone Raft by José Saramago
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,348 books — 4,659 voters

1984 by George OrwellBlindness by José SaramagoNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Collector by John FowlesEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,286 books — 11,624 voters
1984 by George OrwellDie Kinder unseres Viertels by Naguib MahfouzThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseThe Evolution of Cooperation by Robert AxelrodGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,337 books — 1,478 voters

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Greatest influences on me
189 books — 56 voters
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Best Ending
8,152 books — 6,319 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck1984 by George OrwellBlindness by José SaramagoGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,821 voters
أولاد حارتنا by Naguib MahfouzBlindness by José SaramagoThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseNarcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
Nobel Laureates
674 books — 572 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodBlindness by José SaramagoThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,987 books — 26,600 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,261 books — 8,108 voters

The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesseأولاد حارتنا by Naguib MahfouzThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Books Ever
78,172 books — 291,539 voters