Big Books of Summer

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



Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette WintersonTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersElizabeth Costello by J.M. CoetzeeThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanOn Beauty by Zadie Smith
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,320 books — 5,878 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
Downton Abbey-esque Books
615 books — 1,016 voters

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Hour I First Believed by Wally LambThe Monsters of Templeton by Lauren GroffSuch a Pretty Fat by Jen LancasterHuman Smoke by Nicholson Baker
Best Books of 2008
1,645 books — 6,772 voters
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Steampunk Books
1,288 books — 4,123 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanAlanna by Tamora PierceIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,325 books — 1,346 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,820 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinTigana by Guy Gavriel KayThe Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,604 books — 26,727 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
3,980 books — 26,588 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,761 books — 19,093 voters