Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris Johnson (19 Lists)



The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
534 books — 778 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonNative Son by Richard WrightSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
1,053 books — 1,154 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerMartha Washington Saves the World by Frank MillerSin City Volume 1 by Frank MillerBatman by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,458 books — 6,778 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce1984 by George OrwellBeloved by Toni Morrison
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,698 books — 13,220 voters

Cane by Jean ToomerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldUlysses by James Joyce
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,133 voters
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,706 books — 25,643 voters

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,283 books — 11,620 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,436 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,259 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XSoul on Ice by Eldridge CleaverBlack Boy by Richard Wright
African American Memoirs
465 books — 213 voters
The Collected Poems by Langston Hughes
Best Poetry Books
3,033 books — 2,586 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonWhat Is the What by Dave EggersNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters
Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonRoots by Alex HaleyGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,957 books — 1,886 voters

Native Son by Richard WrightBlack Boy by Richard Wright1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonI, Robot by Isaac AsimovOn the Road by Jack KerouacLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,515 voters

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyParadise by Toni MorrisonAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,682 voters
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters

Batman by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerBatman by Jeph LoebBatman by Frank MillerBatman by Jeph Loeb
The Dark Knight: a pre-screening syllabus
18 books — 44 voters