Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ida Berg (10 Lists)



House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Scariest books of all time
639 books — 735 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickEscape from North Korea by Melanie Kirkpatrick
Books on North Korea
138 books — 512 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Horror Guaranteed to Scare the Hell out of You
64 books — 73 voters
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann RadcliffeThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Gothic novels
161 books — 164 voters

The Painted Bird by Jerzy KosińskiGuts by Chuck Palahniuk
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,287 books — 11,628 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Adult Dystopian Books
149 books — 251 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
539 books — 740 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.1984 by George OrwellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian Books
532 books — 1,069 voters

1984 by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books for Smart People
711 books — 149 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Best Middle Ages Books
1,280 books — 1,779 voters