Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kyle West (14 Lists)



Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Stranger by Albert CamusSiddhartha by Hermann HesseCandide by VoltaireZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Best World Philosophy Book
954 books — 1,422 voters
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset MaughamThe Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-ReverteSacré Bleu by Christopher MooreBluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears
Art & Artists in Fiction
967 books — 1,130 voters

False Impressions by Thomas Hoving
Art Crime
59 books — 42 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaBooked to Die by John Dunning
Stories For Book Lovers
8,475 books — 8,722 voters

The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset MaughamFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,047 books — 15,766 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyV for Vendetta by Alan MooreWatchmen by Alan MooreNeuromancer by William Gibson
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,788 voters

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 790 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,990 books — 26,614 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,445 books — 16,344 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Neuromancer by William Gibson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,709 books — 25,698 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,261 books — 8,119 voters
The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset MaughamZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,823 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacBohemian Manifesto by Laren StoverThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset MaughamHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergAmong the Bohemians by Virginia Nicholson
Best Books for the Modern Day Hippie, Bohemian, Free Spirit
439 books — 335 voters
On the Road by Jack KerouacSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Odyssey by HomerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Ever
78,203 books — 291,679 voters