Literal Summer Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jim (10 Lists)



The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Popular Highly Rated Science Fiction
206 books — 151 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,036 books — 26,772 voters

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickThe Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove1632 by Eric FlintNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroIsland in the Sea of Time by S.M. Stirling
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
790 books — 1,353 voters
Flashman on the March by George MacDonald FraserFlashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,693 books — 3,284 voters

Flashman on the March by George MacDonald FraserThe Teahouse (Echo of Classics-chinese/English) by Lao She
Best Historical Fiction
8,032 books — 26,699 voters
Doomsday Book by Connie WillisSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Time Travel Novels
290 books — 266 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best History Books
4,047 books — 4,627 voters
Flashman by George MacDonald FraserThe Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Patrick O'BrianLittle Big Man by Thomas Berger
Best 1800s Historical Fiction
480 books — 306 voters

Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Napoleonic War fiction
183 books — 169 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMaster & Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,893 books — 4,156 voters