Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emery (16 Lists)



Tweak by Nic SheffProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelWasted by Marya HornbacherA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickMadness by Marya Hornbacher
Substance Abuse & Addiction
718 books — 1,318 voters
Refuse by Elliott DeLineParrotfish by Ellen WittlingerBecoming a Visible Man by Jamison GreenThe Nearest Exit May Be Behind You by S. Bear Bergman
FTM / Trans Men
260 books — 211 voters

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersFingersmith by Sarah WatersRubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae BrownStone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,056 books — 2,681 voters
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergParrotfish by Ellen WittlingerMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesBecoming a Visible Man by Jamison GreenShe's Not the Man I Married by Helen Boyd
Transgender Books
189 books — 79 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia NasarProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read
1,371 books — 1,494 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Darkest Books of All Time
1,312 books — 1,729 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonBlindness by José SaramagoThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Medicine and Literature
1,970 books — 2,132 voters
World War Z by Max BrooksThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max BrooksThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanCell by Stephen KingPatient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
Zombies!
1,703 books — 4,354 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Horror Novels
2,116 books — 5,501 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,509 books — 123,740 voters

The Umbrella Conspiracy by S.D. PerryZero Hour by S.D. PerryCode by S.D. PerryNemesis by S.D. PerryCaliban Cove by S.D. Perry
Video Game Tie-In Novels & Comics
345 books — 327 voters
Wasted by Marya HornbacherUnbearable Lightness by Portia de RossiMadness by Marya HornbacherPurge by Nicole J. JohnsGoing Hungry by Kate M. Taylor
Best Eating Disorder Books
463 books — 1,002 voters

The Buddha and the Borderline by Kiera Van GelderGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenGet Me Out of Here by Rachel Reiland
Borderline Personality Disorder
63 books — 94 voters
The Heart of Aces by Sarah Sinnaeve
Books With Neuter Gender and Asexual Main Characters
41 books — 43 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathWasted by Marya HornbacherThe Buddha and the Borderline by Kiera Van GelderPurge by Nicole J. JohnsTweak by Nic Sheff
Borderline Personality Disorder, Insanity, and related issues
576 books — 743 voters
Tweak by Nic SheffProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsValencia by Michelle TeaMore, Now, Again by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Drug Memoir A List
174 books — 210 voters