Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cons (9 Lists)



The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeCollected Poems, 1909-1962 by T.S. EliotThe Complete Poems by William BlakeThe Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke
Best Poets
525 books — 399 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyWatchmen by Alan MooreWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,981 books — 26,592 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott FitzgeraldHannibal by Thomas Harris
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,819 voters

1984 by George OrwellPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Stranger by Albert Camus
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,281 books — 11,620 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 7,000 voters

The Plague by Albert CamusThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Fall by Albert Camus
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,575 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Plague by Albert Camus
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoePerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Books Ever
78,152 books — 291,456 voters