Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Stacy (14 Lists)



The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyPerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,287 books — 11,626 voters
Junky by William S. BurroughsJunk by Melvin BurgessThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Under the Influence
366 books — 123 voters

Live Through This by Anwen Crawford
33⅓
139 books — 67 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,987 books — 26,601 voters

Junky by William S. BurroughsA Million Little Pieces by James FreyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
Addicts
270 books — 350 voters
Everybody Loves Our Town by Mark Yarm
Best Books on Rock and Roll
899 books — 1,284 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Best True Crime
1,450 books — 2,079 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,216 books — 2,412 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Shining by Stephen KingFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Godfather by Mario Puzo2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
506 books — 1,057 voters

King Lear by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
105 books — 1,244 voters
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Best of John Irving
30 books — 350 voters

Stargirl by Jerry SpinelliHoles by Louis Sachar
Books for twelve-year-old children
1,739 books — 1,216 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,198 books — 80,442 voters