Big Books of Spring

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Gregory Rothbard (76 Lists)



Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiWas by Geoff Ryman
Endicott's Mythic Fiction List
111 books — 98 voters
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Caribbean Literature
580 books — 264 voters

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinTime Enough for Love by Robert A. HeinleinCitizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. HeinleinJob by Robert A. Heinlein
Your Favorite Heinlein Novel
47 books — 310 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
11 books — 262 voters

Tripmaster Monkey by Maxine Hong KingstonMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowThe Circle by Dave EggersTelegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
448 books — 339 voters
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Colorado
413 books — 149 voters

Water to the Angels by Les StandifordThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisPost Office by Charles BukowskiHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
323 books — 290 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Strange Library by Haruki MurakamiOne Rainy Day in May by Mark Z. DanielewskiInto the Forest by Mark Z. Danielewski
Books With Visual Aids
27 books — 19 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiLamb by Christopher MooreJohn Dies at the End by David WongLord of the Flies by William Golding
Bizarre books
666 books — 416 voters
Ghost Story by Peter StraubThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Stand by Stephen KingCarrie by Stephen KingWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,884 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyFathers and Sons by Ivan TurgenevLolita by Vladimir NabokovEugene Onegin by Alexander PushkinThe Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Best Russian Literature
515 books — 2,287 voters
Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman by William T. ShermanAbraham Lincoln by Ingri d'AulaireA Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by J.B. JonesConfederate Military History by Clement Anselm EvansA Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital. ... by J.B. Jones
Best American Civil War Books
1,011 books — 989 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerKing Dork by Frank PortmanKing Dork Approximately by Frank Portman
YA Contemporary Male Point of View
534 books — 135 voters
Angel Dust Apocalypse by Jeremy Robert JohnsonPerson by Sam PinkLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
192 books — 117 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrRooms by Lauren Oliver
Best Covers of 2014
992 books — 2,711 voters
The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade by Cameron PierceThe Traveling Dildo Salesman by Kevin L. DoniheAss Goblins of Auschwitz by Cameron PierceSome Things Are Better Left Unplugged by Vincent W. SakowskiLazy Fascist Review No. 1 by William Boyle
Amazon Kindle Unlimited Must Reads
3,957 books — 1,293 voters

The Life Plan by Holden VoltaireAngel Dust Apocalypse by Jeremy Robert JohnsonNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsAss Goblins of Auschwitz by Cameron PierceThe Traveling Dildo Salesman by Kevin L. Donihe
Bizarro
358 books — 255 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
616 books — 1,192 voters

Casino Royale by Ian FlemingMoonraker by Ian FlemingLive and Let Die by Ian Fleming
Best James Bond Books
90 books — 93 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,432 books — 69,321 voters

The Circle by Dave EggersJoyland by Stephen KingA Curious Man by Neal ThompsonDoctor Sleep by Stephen King
Amazon's 2013 Best Books of the Year: The Top 100 in Print
102 books — 68 voters
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom RobbinsStill Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Best of Tom Robbins
12 books — 19 voters

Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,815 books — 9,158 voters
Little Brother by Cory DoctorowHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
Best 21st Century SF
151 books — 87 voters

Rimrunners by C.J. CherryhDie Clans von Stratos by David BrinZodiac by Robert GraysmithHow to Survive a Natural Disaster by Margaret HawkinsComanche Moon by Catherine Anderson
Wonderful Books with Awful Covers
320 books — 203 voters
Rimrunners by C.J. Cherryh
Chess in Fiction
63 books — 47 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cloud Atlas by David MitchellPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovThe Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters
Hellburner by C.J. CherryhHeavy Time by C.J. Cherryh
Favorite Tragic Heroes
851 books — 38 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Books Stephen King Recommends
209 books — 167 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Damnation Game by Clive BarkerHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Best Modern Horror Novels
323 books — 255 voters


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