Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Daniel (15 Lists)



Aquaman, Volume 2 by Geoff JohnsBatman, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder
The New 52
321 books — 370 voters
Independent People by Halldór LaxnessOut Stealing Horses by Per PettersonLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonWe, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,222 books — 1,247 voters

Out Stealing Horses by Per PettersonWe, the Drowned by Carsten JensenThe Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Best Nordic Fiction
320 books — 117 voters
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyParadise Lost by John MiltonThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,697 books — 13,219 voters

A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonRedshirts by John Scalzi
Best Humorous Books
4,420 books — 8,080 voters
Redshirts by John ScalziThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Sewer, Gas and Electric by Matt RuffGun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
624 books — 1,198 voters

The Inverted World by Christopher PriestA Month in the Country by J.L. CarrButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
New York Review Books - Classics
633 books — 898 voters
The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno SchulzOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,347 books — 4,648 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordePandemonium by Daryl Gregory
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,120 books — 10,080 voters
Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo BacigalupiStranger Things Happen by Kelly LinkThe Best of Gene Wolfe by Gene WolfeFragile Things by Neil GaimanHer Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
Best Short Stories
1,767 books — 1,079 voters

The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth MoonWhen Gravity Fails by George Alec EffingerSolitaire by Kelley Eskridge
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,142 books — 2,307 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiBone by Jeff SmithWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,017 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiWatchmen by Alan MooreBone by Jeff SmithThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,778 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiCalvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,819 voters

Little, Big by John CrowleyHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyCity of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VandermeerThe Complete Short Stories by J.G. Ballard
Highbrow Fantasy Books
422 books — 630 voters